faux pas
See also: Fauxpas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”), from faux (“false, wrong”) and pas (“step”).
Pronunciation
Singular
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊ pɑː/
Plural
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊ pɑːz/
Noun
- An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
- 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 2
- A saint after repentance will forgive himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive himself for a faux pas.
- 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 2
Synonyms
Translations
social blunder
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fo pa/
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