faux
adjective/fəʊ/
/fəʊ/
(from French)- artificial, but intended to look or seem real
- The chairs were covered in faux animal skin.
- His accent was so faux.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFaux is used with these nouns:- finish
- fur
Word OriginFrench, ‘false’.Definitions on the go
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