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All 4 letters words made out of faux

faux afux fuax ufax aufx uafx faxu afxu fxau xfau axfu xafu fuxa ufxa fxua xfua uxfa xufa auxf uaxf axuf xauf uxaf xuaf

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Definitions and meaning of faux

faux

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fō, IPA^(key): /fəʊ/
• (US) enPR: fō, IPA^(key): /foʊ/
• Homophones: foe, pho
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adjective

faux (not comparable)

1. Fake or artificial.

   Synonyms: cod, mock

   Antonym: genuine

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo/, (in liaison) /fo.z‿/
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus.

Adjective

faux (feminine fausse, masculine plural faux, feminine plural fausses)

1. false; untrue
2. false; not real

   Antonyms: vrai, réel, authentique

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• faux-filet

Descendants

• → English: faux

Adverb

faux

1. badly; inaccurately; untruly

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”).

Noun

faux f (plural faux)

1. scythe

Related terms

• faucille f

See also

• serpe f

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old French fail, faus, from Latin fallō, fallis.

Verb

faux

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of faillir

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• fōx

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Ancient Greek χᾰ́ος (kháos, “abyss, chasm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fau̯ks/, [fäu̯ks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fau̯ks/, [fäu̯ks]

Noun

faux f (genitive faucis); third declension (rare)

1. singular of faucēs (“throat, gorge”)

Usage notes

The word is rarely used in the singular, and only in the ablative (in poems) and nominative (only attested once).

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• see: fōx

Descendants

(See also fōx.)

• → Italian: fauce

References

• “faux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “faux”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207

Middle French

Adjective

faux m (feminine singular fauce, masculine plural faux, feminine plural fauces)

1. Alternative form of faulx

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French faulz, the plural of fault, ultimately from Latin falsus.

Adjective

faux m

1. (Jersey) false

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin falx, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”).

Noun

faux f (plural faux)

1. (Jersey) scythe