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faux.

Fake or artificial.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/fəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/foʊ/General-American/fɔ/South-Asia

  1. Fake or artificial.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-der. Proto-Italic *falsō? Latin fallō Latin falsus Old French fals Middle French faulx French fauxubor. English faux Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

noun

  1. singular of fauces

    form-of · singular
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