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faux pas 
[foh pah] Pronunciation Key
[foh pah] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural faux pas
[foh pahz; Fr. foh pah] Pronunciation Key.
[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]
] —Synonyms 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.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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faux pas
1674, from Fr. "false step." The word faux by itself, with Fr. pronunciation, borrowed into Eng. 1980s to mean "fake."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
faux pas
faux` pas"\ [F. See False, and Pas.] A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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