faux

adj.
Artificial; fake: faux pearls.

[French, from Old French fals. See false.]

IN BRIEF: adj. - Not genuine or real.

Tutor's tip: Will a "faux" (false or artificial) wall be enough to keep your "foe" (enemy) off your property?

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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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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - falsk, imiteret

idioms:

• faux pas    fejltrin, bommert

Nederlands (Dutch)
namaak

Français (French)
adj. - faux pas

idioms:

• faux pas    faux pas, impair (sout)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - falsch

idioms:

• faux pas    Fauxpas

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γαλλ.) λανθασμένος

idioms:

• faux pas    κοινωνική απρέπεια, γκάφα

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• faux pas    passo falso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - falso

idioms:

• faux pas    gafe (f)

Русский (Russian)
ложный

idioms:

• faux pas    бестактность

Español (Spanish)
adj. - artificial, falso

idioms:

• faux pas    metida de pata, paso en falso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fel, opassande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假的, 人工的

idioms:

• faux pas    失礼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假的, 人工的

idioms:

• faux pas    失禮

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인공적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 虚僞の

idioms:

• faux pas    誤ち, 過失, 非礼

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خاطىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזויף, מחוקה‬

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Cufflinks Faux	faux rocks
Faux Topiary	Faux Fur Jacket