fausset

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.sɛ/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Provençal falset, from falsar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin falsare.

Noun

fausset m (plural faussets)

1. faucet (tap used to stop the flow of liquid from a vessel)

Etymology 2

Frenchification of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian falsetto

Noun

fausset m (plural faussets)

1. (chiefly in the singular) falsetto (type of singing voice)

Synonyms

• falsetto

Further reading

• “fausset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.