faux Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; it's real synthetic fur"
    simulated; false; imitation; fake.
    • it isn't fake anything
    • faux pearls
    • false teeth
    • decorated with imitation palm leaves
    • a purse of simulated alligator hide

WordNet


Faux noun
Etymology
L.
Wordforms
plural Fauces
Definitions
  1. See Fauces.

Webster 1913