Standard Lemma guide

faux

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /fəʊ/
  • General-American: /foʊ/
  • South-Asia: /fɔ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • rhymes with -ɔː
  • homophone: fo'
  • homophone: foe
  • homophone: pho
  • homophone: (non-rhotic) for
  • homophone: (non-rhotic) fore
  • homophone: (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) four
  • homophone: (South Asia) faugh
  • homophone: (South Asia) faw
  • CMU ARPABET: F AO1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Fake or artificial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cod, mock

Antonyms: genuine

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

singular of fauces

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, singular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur
  • faux pearls
  • false teeth
  • decorated with imitation palm leaves
  • a purse of simulated alligator hide

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fake, false, imitation, simulated

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fallō Latin falsus Old French fals Middle French faulx French fauxubor. English faux Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.

Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 仿製 /仿制 (fǎngzhì) — fake or artificial
  • Dutch: nep- — fake or artificial
  • Dutch: onecht — fake or artificial
  • Dutch: vals — fake or artificial
  • Esperanto: falsa — fake or artificial
  • Esperanto: artefarita — fake or artificial
  • Finnish: teko- — fake or artificial
  • Finnish: keinotekoinen — fake or artificial
  • French: faux — fake or artificial
  • German: falsch — fake or artificial
  • German: künstlich — fake or artificial
  • German: unecht — fake or artificial
  • Irish: bréag- — fake or artificial
  • Romanian: fals — fake or artificial
  • Romanian: contrafăcut — fake or artificial
  • Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — fake or artificial
  • Russian: иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) — fake or artificial
  • Spanish: falso — fake or artificial
  • Spanish: de imitación — fake or artificial