façade
See also: facade
English
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
façade (plural façades)
- Alternative form of facade
Dutch
Etymology
From French façade, itself from Italian facciata.
Pronunciation
Noun
façade f (plural façades, diminutive façadetje n)
- façade (of a building)
- façade (deceptive outward appearance)
- (metonymy) face
- Als ik jullie façades hier nog eens zie, verdomde voyeurs, riskeer je zomaar geen trap voor de broek maar een vertimmerde façade
- If I see your faces here again, damned peeping toms, you don't just risk a kick in the pants but a remodeled front
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin facies (“face”).
Pronunciation
Noun
façade f (plural façades)
- façade (of a building)
- L'entrée principale, au centre de la façade, est précédée d'un perron. (The main entrance, in the center of the façade, is preceded by a flight of steps.)
- façade (deceptive outward appearance)
- Je me charge de vous montrer Lisbonne. Une belle façade, oui! mais vous verrez ce qu'il y a derrière! (Simone de Beauvoir, Les Mandarins, 1954, p. 88)
Descendants
- German: Fassade
Further reading
- “façade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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