English Explanatory Dictionary

faux

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fake or artificial.
noun
  1. singular of fauces
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/fəʊ/ /foʊ/ /fɔ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faux.wav

Word forms

faux fauces Fauxes

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fallō Latin falsus Old French fals Middle French faulx French fauxubor. English faux Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

Synonyms

cod mock

Antonyms

genuine

Related words

faux ami faux bois faux pas

Derived words

fauxcellarm fauxcest faux Cyrillic fauxgasm faux gras fauxgressive fauxhawk fauxhemian fauxlanthropist fauxlex fauxligraphy fauxlography fauxmance fauxminist fauxmosexual fauxnetic Faux News fauxpen fauxpology faux queen fauxstalgia fauxtato fauxtatoes fauxthentic fauxtina fauxtograph fauxtography fauxtomation sourfaux
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