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faux

/fo/

adjective/fo/

false; untrue; false; not real

Antonyms: vrai, réel, authentique

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus.

adverb/fo/

badly; inaccurately; untruly

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus.

noun, masculine/fo/

fabrication, forgery

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus.

noun, feminine/fo/

scythe

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”).