facade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Dictionary notes 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection

[edit] English

• (Aus) IPA: /fəˈsaːd/
• (UK, US) IPA: /fəˈsɑːd/
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• Rhymes: -ɑːd

[edit] Etymology

French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“‘front’”), from Latin facies (“‘face’”); compare face

[edit] Alternative spellings

• façade

[edit] Noun

facade (plural facades)

1. The face of a building, especially the front.
   • 2005, Peter Brandvold, “Ghost Colts”, in Robert J. Randisi (ed.), Lone Star Law,^[1] Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416514597, page 179,

     Eight or so gunmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the gray-white trail before the barn, firing into the saloon's burning, bullet-pocked facade.

2. (figuratively) A deceptive outward appearance.

[edit] Synonyms

• appearance
• front
• guise
• show

[edit] Translations

[edit] Dictionary notes

• American Heritage Dictionary lists façade as the headword, with facade as a variant ^[2].
• Cambridge dictionary Online lists only the heading facade, but notes façade as an “also.”
• Collins Word Exchange lists both spelling alternatives in the order: façade, facade.
• Dictionary.com unabridged lists both spellings under the headword facade with façade listed as an “also.”
• The Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd edition lists facade as the headword, with façade as an “also”.
• Merriam-Webster Online lists façade only as a variant of facade.^[3]
• MSN Encarta Dictionary lists both spelling alternatives in the order: facade, façade.
• Oxford English Dictionary Online lists only façade.
• Webster’s 1828 via ARTFL lists only facade.

Translation dictionaries

• Collins German Dictionary Complete & unabridged, 5th edition lists only façade.
• Collins Robert French Dictionary Complete & unabridged, 7th edition lists only façade.
• Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete & unabridged, 8th edition lists only façade.
• Diccionario Oxford Pocket Edición Latinoamericana lists only façade.
• Larousse Gran Diccionario Inglés-Español Español-Inglés, 2nd edition lists only facade.

Dictionaries by amateur lexicographers

• Wordnet 3.0 lists only facade.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“‘front’”), from Latin facies (“‘face’”)

[edit] Noun

facade c. (singular definite facaden, plural indefinite facader)

1. façade, facade

[edit] Inflection