faux pas
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бестактность, некрасивый поступок, проступок, оплошность
Fauxpas
An embarrassing or tactless blunderAn embarrassing or tactless blunder.
UK/ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/US/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/
Meaning
1 sensesAn embarrassing or tactless blunder.
Fauxpas
беста́ктностьbestáktnostʹ, некраси́вый посту́покnekrasívyj postúpok, просту́покprostúpok
a socially awkward or tactless act
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
an embarrassing or tactless blunder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an embarrassing or tactless blunder:
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).
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