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it means that the person you are talking about has made a mistake

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What part of speech is the word or phrase faux pas?

Faux pas is a noun.


How would you write the word faux pas in a sentence?

I always make a faux pas when I try to speak in another language.


What is the abstract noun for fauxpas?

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.


What does faux pas mean in English and what kind of language is it?

"Faux pas" is a French term. It means: gaffe/social blunder.


what does faux pas mean?

social error, misstep, blunder


What does paux mean as in faux paux?

"Paux" is not a word. The correct term is "faux pas," a French phrase meaning a social blunder or mistake, commonly used in English to describe an embarrassing or tactless error in social behavior or manners.


Sentence using faux pas?

i alway make faux pas in my h.w.haha


What is the meaning of faux-posh and what is an example sentence?

Part of the question is misspelled. The word in question should be "faux pas." A "faux pas" is a work spoken improperly. It's French for "social infraction," and it means a social mistake or action. Example in sentence: He certainly made a faux pas when he dropped the punch.


What does faux FAUX PAS mean?

Faux pas means a social blunder or mistake. Pairing it with faux (meaning fake or false) accentuates that the mistake or blunder was especially embarrassing because it was not genuine or authentic.


What is a faux pas?

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.


Do you put a hyphen between the words faux and pas?

No, faux pas doesn't require a hyphen.


What is the translation of 'faux pas' to English?

a faux pas is a misstep in French, a blunder or embarassing mistake.