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faux pas
[foh pah] 
–noun, plural faux pas [foh pahz; Fr. foh pah] .
[foh pahz; Fr. foh pah] . | a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion. |
Origin:
1670–80; < F: lit., false step
1670–80; < F: lit., false step
Synonyms:
error; impropriety.
error; impropriety.
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| faux pas (fō pä') n. pl. faux pas (fō päz') A social blunder. [French : faux, false + pas, step.] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : faux pas
Spanish:
resbalón, traspiés, tropezón,
German:
das Ausrutschen,
Japanese:
すべること
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
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