"faux" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /fo/, /fo.z‿/ Audio: Fr-faux.ogg Forms: fausse [feminine], faux [masculine, plural], fausses [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|faulx|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French faulx, {{inh+|fr|frm|faulx}} Inherited from Middle French faulx, {{inh|fr|fro|fauz}} Old French fauz, {{m|fro|faus}} faus, {{m|fro|fals}} fals, {{inh|fr|la|falsus}} Latin falsus Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=fausse}} faux (feminine fausse, masculine plural faux, feminine plural fausses)
  1. false; untrue
    Sense id: en-faux-fr-adj-FshQk9DR
  2. false; not real
    Sense id: en-faux-fr-adj-MBSw67ZN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fausser, fausseté, faux-filet
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: aile fausse, alpiste faux-roseau, archi-faux, archifaux, baldingère faux-roseau, démêler le vrai du faux, être faux comme un jeton, faire fausse queue, faire fausse route, faire faux bond, fausse bannière, fausse bonne idée, fausse chanterelle, fausse cigüe, fausse ciguë, fausse clé, fausse couche, fausse girolle, fausse maigre, fausse manip, fausse manœuvre, fausse modestie, fausse note, fausse panne, fausse piste, fausse poche, fausse porte, fausse position, fausse rose de Jéricho, faussement, faux air, faux anglicisme, faux bonhomme, faux bourdon, faux cèpe, faux cils, faux client, faux col, faux cul, faux départ, faux derche, faux drapeau, faux emploi, faux frais, faux frère, faux gallicisme, faux indigo, faux indigotier, faux jeton, faux jour, faux jumeaux, faux maigre, faux négatif, faux nez, faux orme de Sibérie, faux ourlet, faux pas, faux plafond, faux plancher, faux plat, faux positif, faux procès, faux réséda, faux saunage, faux saunier, faux séné, faux témoignage, faux témoin, faux-acacia, faux-ami, faux-cils, faux-col, faux-filet, faux-fruit, faux-poids, faux-poivrier, faux-poivrier odorant, faux-saunage, faux-saunier, faux-vin, illusion de fausse montée, porter à faux, règle de fausse position, robinier faux-acacia, se faire des fausses idées, sonner faux, s’inscrire en faux, vrai-faux

Adverb

IPA: /fo/, /fo.z‿/ Audio: Fr-faux.ogg
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|faulx|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French faulx, {{inh+|fr|frm|faulx}} Inherited from Middle French faulx, {{inh|fr|fro|fauz}} Old French fauz, {{m|fro|faus}} faus, {{m|fro|fals}} fals, {{inh|fr|la|falsus}} Latin falsus Head templates: {{fr-adv}} faux
  1. badly; inaccurately; untruly
    Sense id: en-faux-fr-adv-i4C~mb97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fo/, /fo.z‿/ Audio: Fr-faux.ogg Forms: faux [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|faulx|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French faulx, {{inh+|fr|frm|faulx}} Inherited from Middle French faulx, {{inh|fr|fro|fauz}} Old French fauz, {{inh|fr|la|falx|falcem}} Latin falcem, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*dʰelk-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, {{m|ine-pro|*dʰelg-||a cutting tool}} *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} faux f (plural faux)
  1. scythe Tags: feminine Related terms: faucille [feminine], serpe [feminine]
    Sense id: en-faux-fr-noun-w9hvIqfe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fo/, /fo.z‿/ Audio: Fr-faux.ogg
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Old French fail, faus, from Latin fallō, fallis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|fail, faus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French fail, faus, {{inh+|fr|fro|fail, faus}} Inherited from Old French fail, faus, {{inh|fr|la|fallō, fallis}} Latin fallō, fallis Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} faux
  1. first/second-person singular present indicative of faillir Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: faillir
    Sense id: en-faux-fr-verb-nVsAxDp~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 1 27 8 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fail, faus"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French fail, faus",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fallō, fallis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fallō, fallis",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French fail, faus, from Latin fallō, fallis.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "faux",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "faillir"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/second-person singular present indicative of faillir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "faillir",
          "faillir#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fo.z‿/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-faux.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/Fr-faux.ogg/Fr-faux.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Fr-faux.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faux"
}

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