Meaning

4 senses
  1. The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.

    Fassade

    фаса́дfasád

    фаса́дfasád

    the face or front of a building

  2. (broadly)The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.

  3. (figuratively)A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.

    Fassade

    фаса́дfasád, ши́рмаšírma

  4. An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. His friendship was only a facade.

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  2. This house has a new facade.

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  3. The building has a brick facade.

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  4. Only the facade has been renovated.

    ruОтреставрирован был только фасад.

    deRenoviert worden ist nur die Fassade.

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  5. This house has got a new facade.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
face of a building:
Русский
By meaning 2
face of a building:
deceptive outward appearance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
face of a building:

Origin

Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from

Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.

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Forms

plural: facades
Singularfacade
Pluralfacades

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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