faux

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faux (not comparable)

  1. Fake or artificial
    Faux leather, faux fur, faux wine

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

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

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

  1. badly; inaccurately; untruly

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From Latin falx.

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faux f. (plural faux)

  1. scythe

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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
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