Artificial; fake: faux pearls.
[French, from Old French fals. See false.]
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; it's real synthetic fur"
Synonyms: fake, false, imitation, simulated
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Faux (pronounced /ˈfoʊ/, like "foe") is a French word for false or fake. It is often used in English phrases such as faux pearls, and faux news.
When manufacturing faux objects or materials, an attempt is often made to create products which will resemble the imitated items as closely as possible. However, some products are intentionally made to look "faux", for example, faux furs made for prospective buyers who want their fur to be recognizable as imitation due to controversy over the use and manufacture of real animal furs.
Faux materials are produced in a variety of ways, for example faux finishes, such as Terrazzo and scagliola, generally made with marble dust in a plaster binder, yielding a hard material that will take a polish. To imitate marbles, porphyry, and other stones, "faux finishes" are often painted using spatterdash, sponging, and feather-streaking techniques on gessoed and painted surfaces.
Faux is also a rare last name, of British origin. As a name, it is often pronounced "Forks", or "Foe".
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - falsk, imiteret
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Français (French)
adj. - faux pas
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Deutsch (German)
adj. - falsch
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Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γαλλ.) λανθασμένος
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Português (Portuguese)
adj. - falso
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Español (Spanish)
adj. - artificial, falso
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Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fel, opassande
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
假的, 人工的
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假的, 人工的
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العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) خاطىء
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מזויף, מחוקה
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