facade (redirected from Facades)

fa·çade also fa·cade  (f-säd)

n.

1. The face of a building, especially the principal face.

2. An artificial or deceptive front: ideological slogans that were a façade for geopolitical power struggles.

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[French, from Italian facciata, from faccia, face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin facis; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	facade - the face or front of a building       frontage, frontal front - the side that is seen or that goes first frontispiece - an ornamental facade
	2.	facade - a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant window dressing deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

Translations

facade façade [fəˈsɑːd] n

(= frontage) [building] → façade f

(= show, semblance) → façade f
a facade of unity → une façade unitaire