faux pas

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faux pas (f

pä

)

n. pl. faux pas (f

päz

)

A social blunder.

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

faux pas [ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː (French) fo pɑ]

n pl faux pas [ˌfəʊ ˈpɑːz (French) fo pɑ]

a social blunder or indiscretion

[from French: false step]

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Noun

faux pas - a socially awkward or tactless act

gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie

blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

faux pas

noun gaffe, blunder, indiscretion, impropriety, bloomer (Brit. informal), boob (Brit. slang), clanger (informal), solecism, breach of etiquette, gaucherie He made an embarrassing faux pas.

Translations

faux pas [ˈfəʊˈpɑː] N → metedura f or (LAm) metida f de pata

faux pas

n → Fauxpas m

faux pas [fəʊˈpɑː] n → gaffe f inv

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Bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo botch bungle drop the ball falsely flub foul-up fuckup gaffe gaucherie go against impropriety indiscretion no-no oversight			Byline: By NEIL McLEMAN STYLE student Venus Williams committed a fashion faux pas at Wimbledon yesterday by donning an ungraceful pair of white spandex shorts. Lawn Tennis: VENUS CAUGHT SHORT BY SKIRT; WIMBLEDON 2007: 4th day ... by The Mirror (London, England) Byline: By Denise Robertson Telling your friends what they can and can't wear at your wedding has to come high on the list of faux pas but that hasn't stopped Liz Hurley. Orange/pink wedding clash by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Here, at their engagement party, news of the faux pas reaches the bride-to-be and she's understandably furious. Paddy's made a big mistake; EMMERDALE FRIDAY, STV,7pm by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			faunistic faunology Fauntleroy faunula Faunus faur Fauré Fausen Fausse-braye Faust Faustian faustianism Fausto Paolo Sozzini Faustus Faustus Socinus faut faute de mieux fauteuil Fautor Fautress Fauve Fauvette fauvism fauvist faux faux pas faux-naïf fava bean Favaginous Favas fave favel favela favella faveolate Favier explosive favillous favism favonian favor favorable favorable position favorable reception favorableness favorably favored Favoredly Favoredness Favorer Favoress Favoring			Fautress Fauve Fauve de Bourgogne Fauves Fauvette fauvism fauvism fauvism Fauvisme Fauvisme Fauvisme fauvist fauvist fauvist Fauvists Fauvists Fauvists FAUW faux faux Faux amis Faux Athletic Recreational Tournaments Faux Bois Faux Bois, Ferrocement Faux Bourdon Faux Bourdon Faux graus Faux graus Faux Lord, Le faux marbre faux pas Faux paus Faux paus Faux paus faux-naïf Faux-paparazzi Faux-paus Faux-paus Faux-paus Fauxbordon Fauxbordon Fauxbourdon Fauxbourdon Fauxbourdon Fauxmosexual Fauxmosexual Fauxpan Fauxpan Fauxpan FAV FAVA FAVA fava bean fava bean Fava beans Fava beens Fava, Atos FAVACA Favaginous FAVAH FAVAN

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