faux pas

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fəʊ pɑː/
• (RP) IPA: /fəʊ pɑːz/

Noun

faux pas

1. An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
   • 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 2

     A saint after repentance will forgive himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive himself for a faux pas.

Synonyms

• (a mistake) blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, misstep, slip, stumble, thinko, Freudian slip
• See also Thesaurus:error

Translations

• French: faux pas, (colloquial) impair
• German: Fauxpas
• Italian: passo falso
• Russian: беста́ктность
• Spanish: (informally) metida de pata, metedura de pata

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