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FAUX PAS - 25B6 noun GAFFE, blunder, mistake, indiscretion, impropriety, solecism informal boo-boo Brit.Mistake, blunder, indiscretion, false step, false stroke, act of indiscretion. FAUX PAS - Function: noun a breach of etiquette or of social convention FF1C hustled him out of the room before he could ….FAUX PAS - Synonyms and related words : blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, break, bungle, gaffe, howler, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, misjudgment, misstep, oversight, ….FAUX PAS - (~) A ~ is a socially embarrassing action or mistake.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary faux pas / ˌfəʊ ˈpɑːz NAmE ˌfoʊ/) (from French ) an action … FAUX PAS - / ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː NAmE ˌfoʊ/ noun ( pl.FAUX PAS - ■ noun ( plural same) a social blunder.Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary FAUX PAS - Pronunciation: ' f ō - ˌ pä, f ō - ' Function: noun Inflected Form: plural faux pas \ - ….FAUX PAS - a false step a mistake or wrong measure.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary FAUX PAS - noun ( plural faux pas -ˌpä(z), -ˈpä(z)) Etymology: French, literally, false step Date: 1676 : blunder especially : a ….FAUX PAS - (French) "false step", embarrassing social blunder, breach of etiquette.Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, … FAUX PAS - () A false step a mistake or wrong measure.Webster's New International English Dictionary FAUX PAS - (ˈ)fō|pä noun ( plural faux pas -ä(z)) Etymology: French, literally, false step : blunder especially : a social blunder ….

FAUX PAS - noun (plural ~) Etymology: French, literally, false step Date: 1676 blunder.FAUX PAS - noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Talking business at dinner is a faux pas in France.( FORMAL ) It was not long …Ĭollins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary FAUX PAS - ( faux pas) A faux pas is a socially embarrassing action or mistake.AmE ˌfoʊ-French ▷ faux pas plural ˌfəʊ ….FAUX PAS - faux pas singular BrE AmE ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː ˈ.FAUX PAS - n, pl faux pas (1676): blunder esp: a social blunder.More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «FAUX PAS» in dictionaries. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.
