faux

English

Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fō, IPA: /fəʊ/, SAMPA: /f@U/
• (US) enPR: fō, IPA: /foʊ/, SAMPA: /foU/
• Homophone: foe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adjective

faux (not comparable)

1. Fake or artificial

   Faux leather, faux fur, faux wine

Antonyms

• genuine

Translations

Fake or artificial

Finnish: teko- (fi), keinotekoinen (fi) Russian: искусственный (ru), фальшивый (ru)

Spanish: falso (es) m.

Derived terms

• faux pas
• fauxhawk / fohawk
• fauxhemian
• fauxlex
• fauxmosexual
• fauxnetic
• fauxtatoes

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fo/, SAMPA: /fo/

Etymology 1

Old French faulz, the plural of fault, ultimately from Latin falsus

Adjective

faux m. (f. fausse, m. plural faux, f. plural fausses)

1. false; untrue
2. false; not real ^ant.

Antonyms

• (not real): ^def. vrai, réel, authentique

Adverb

faux

1. badly; inaccurately; untruly

Etymology 2

From Latin falx.

Noun

faux f. (plural faux)

1. scythe

See also

• faucille f.
• serpe f.

See also

• faux-filet

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Latin

Noun

faux (genitive faucis); f, third declension

1. throat, gullet
2. chasm

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	faux	faucēs
genitive	faucis	faucium
dative	faucī	faucibus
accusative	faucim faucem	faucīs faucēs
ablative	faucī fauce	faucibus
vocative	faux	faucēs