faux pas
faux pas · fauxes pas · faux pas'ed · faux pas'ing
To commit a faux pas; to blunderTo commit a faux pas; to blunder.
UK/ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/US/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/
Meaning
1 senses(nonstandard, rare)To commit a faux pas; to 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”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
fauxes pas, faux pas'ing, faux pas'ed, faux pas'ed| Base form | faux pas · to faux pas |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | fauxes pas |
| Present participle | faux pas'ing |
| Past simple | faux pas'ed |
| Past participle | faux pas'ed |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.