• (British) enPR: fō, IPA: /fəʊ/
• (America) enPR: fō, IPA: /foʊ/

faux (not comparable)

1. Fake or artificial.

   Synonyms: cod, mock

   Antonyms: genuine

   • 2008, James Chandler, Maureen N. McLane, The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry:

     He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.”

   • 2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 392:

     Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood. With proper technique and graining tools, all of these variations can be produced in faux wood.

   • 2012, Annie Padden Jubb, David Jubb, LifeFood Recipe Book: Living on Life Force, page 196:

     Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine.

• faux ami
• faux bois
• faux pas

• French: faux
• German: falsch, künstlich, unecht
• Russian: фальши́вый
• Spanish: falso

Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.

1. Surname.