A violation of unspoken accepted social norms or a social blunder.
For example, it is usually considered a nice gesture to bring a bottle of wine when coming to someone's house for dinner. But in France, this is considered insulting. It suggests the hosts are unable to provide their own good wine.
In Japan when greeting or thanking another person, not bowing lower than the other person when the other person is older or has a higher social status is a faux pas.
Bringing uninvited guests. Bringing a spouse or significant other unannounced can be
acceptable, although in that case the host will most likely invite the spouse him/herself.
Discussing topics like religion, politics, racism, etc... can be terribly rude and/or awkward if you do not know the beliefs of your host and the other guests.
The word faux pas (open spaced compound noun) is an abstract noun, a word for something embarrasing said or done in a social situation. The word faux pas is a common noun; the form faux pas is both singular and plural.
Faux pas is a noun.
i alway make faux pas in my h.w.haha
Faux pasA faux pas is an embarrassing mistake, usually without severe consequence, such as releasing natural gas or mispronouncing "hyperbole." Faux pas means "false step" in French.
it means that the person you are talking about has made a mistake
a faux pas is a misstep in French, a blunder or embarassing mistake.
No, faux pas doesn't require a hyphen.
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fashion faux pas. faux pas = literally French for "mis-step."
Faux pas is a noun. From French, it means "false step" -- a social error, or a mistake in manners.
I always make a faux pas when I try to speak in another language.
"Faux pas" is a French term. It means: gaffe/social blunder.