facade
The face of a building, especially the front view or elevationThe face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
» His friendship was only a facade.
Meaning
4 sensesThe face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
Fassade
фаса́дfasád
фаса́дfasád
the face or front of a building
(broadly)The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
(figuratively)A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
Fassade
фаса́дfasád, ши́рмаšírma
An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
Examples
31 sentencesHis friendship was only a facade.
This house has a new facade.
The building has a brick facade.
Only the facade has been renovated.
ruОтреставрирован был только фасад. — marafon
deRenoviert worden ist nur die Fassade. — mhr
This house has got a new facade.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), fromBorrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.
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Forms
plural: facadesSynonyms
10 synonyms- the face or front of a building:frontagefrontal
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant:window dressing