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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
faux pas       [foh pah] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural faux pas       [foh pahz; Fr. foh pah] Pronunciation Key.
a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.

[Origin: 1670–80; < F: lit., false step]

error; impropriety.
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faux pas       (fō pä')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. faux pas (fō päz')
A social blunder.


[French : faux, false + pas, step.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
faux pas 
1674, from Fr. "false step." The word faux by itself, with Fr. pronunciation, borrowed into Eng. 1980s to mean "fake."

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faux pas

noun
a socially awkward or tactless act 

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faux pas

faux` pas"\ [F. See False, and Pas.] A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

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