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façade

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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.

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

façade, facade [fəˈsɑːd fæ-]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the face of a building, esp the main front
2. a front or outer appearance, esp a deceptive one
[from French, from Italian facciata, from faccia face]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
façade
noun
1. front, face, exterior, frontage the façade of the building
2. show, front, appearance, mask, exterior, guise, pretence, veneer, semblance They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a façade of family togetherness.
Translations
façade [fəˈsɑːd] N (Archit) → fachada f (fig) → apariencia f

façade
n (lit, fig)Fassade f

façade facade [fəˈsɑːd] n (Archit) → facciata (fig) → facciata, apparenza
façade facade [fəˈsɑːd] n (Archit) → facciata (fig) → facciata, apparenza

façade
n façade [fəˈsaːd]
1 the front of a building the façade of the temple. fasade واجِهَة مَبْنى фасада průčelí facade; front die Fassade πρόσοψη fachada fassaad, väliskülg روکار julkisivu façade חֲזִית इमारत का सामने का हिस्सा pročelje, fasada (épület)homlokzat bagian depan facciata 正面 건물의 정면 fasadas fasāde muka bangunan voorgevel fasade fasada fachada faţadă фасад priečelie pročelje fasada fasad ด้านหน้าของตึกที่แสดงรายละเอียดของสถาปัตยกรรม cephe, yüz 正面 фасад عمارت کا سامنے کا حصّہ mặt tiền (của một ngôi nhà)
2 a pretended show In spite of his bold façade, he was very frightened. front, fasade مَظْهَر خَدّاع външен вид tvářnost, vzhled facade; ydre gestellte Miene προσωπείο apariencia mask ظاهر kulissit façade רוֹשֶׁם חִיצוֹנִי दिखावा nastup, izgled külszín sandiwara apparenza 見せかけ 겉치레, 외관 išorė, veido išraiška, išvaizda izlikšanās sandiwara faaaade ytre, framtoning, fasade mina aparência aparenţă видимость pozlátka zunanjost spoljašnji izgled fasad การหลอกลวง sahte görünüş (虛偽的)外表 зовнішній вигляд دیدہ دلیری vẻ bên ngoài


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In the centre of the lofty Gothic* façade of the palace, the grand staircase, incessantly ascended and descended by a double current, which, after parting on the intermediate landing-place, flowed in broad waves along its lateral slopes,--the grand staircase, I say, trickled incessantly into the place, like a cascade into a lake.
 
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