faux pas

English

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Etymology

From the French phrase faux pas, of the same meaning; composed of faux, “false, wrong”, and pas, “step”.

Pronunciation

Singular

• (RP) IPA: /fəʊ pɑː/, SAMPA: /f@U pA:/

Plural

• (RP) IPA: /fəʊ pɑːz/, SAMPA: /f@U pa:z/

Noun

faux pas (plural faux pas)

1. A blunder (especially used in social contexts).

Synonyms

• (a mistake): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko, Freudian slip
• See also Wikisaurus:error

Translations

A social blunder

Chinese: Mandarin: 失禮 (zh), 失礼 (zh) (shīlǐ), 失態 (zh), 失态 (zh) (shītài), 失足 (zh) (shīzú), 過失 (zh), 过失 (zh) (guòshī) Czech: faux pas (cs) n. Finnish: kömmähdys, etikettivirhe, moka (fi) French: faux pas (fr) m., (colloquial) impair (fr) m.

German: Fauxpas (de) m. Italian: passo falso Japanese: 過失 (ja) (かしつ, kashitsu) Russian: ложный шаг (ru) (lóžnyj šag) m., некрасивый поступок (ru) (nekrasívyj prostúpok) m., проступок (ru) (prostúpok) m. Spanish: (informally) metida de pata (es) f., metedura de pata (es) f.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fo pa/

Noun

faux pas m. (plural faux pas)

1. stumble, misstep, false step
2. (figuratively) faux pas, blunder