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Definition of faux pas noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

faux pas

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ//
 
(pl. faux pas
NAmE//ˌfoʊ ˈpɑz//
 
, NAmE//ˌfoʊˈpɑ//
 
) (from French)
 
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an action or a remark that causes embarrassment because it is not socially correct
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