English Explanatory Dictionary

facade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
  2. The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
  3. A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
  4. An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.

Pronunciation

/fəˈsɑːd/ en-us-facade.ogg /fəˈseɪd/

Word forms

facade facades façade

Etymology

Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.

Synonyms

face front frontage appearance cover guise pretence

Derived words

counterfacade facadal facadectomy facaded facade pattern facadism

Translations

Finnish: julkisivu Finnish: etupuoli Finnish: prospekti Greek: πρόσοψη Indonesian: depan hadapan Indonesian: muka Māori: kāinga kanohi Polish: front Spanish: frontispicio Spanish: frontis
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