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- [fuh-sahd, fa-]
- /fəˈsɑd, fæ-/
- /fəˈsɑːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fuh-sahd, fa-]
- /fəˈsɑd, fæ-/
Definitions of facade word
- noun facade Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly. 1
- noun facade a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth. 1
- noun facade The face of a building, esp. the principal front that looks onto a street or open space. 1
- noun facade front of a building 1
- noun facade appearance, front 1
- countable noun facade The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street. 0
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Origin of facade
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < French < Upper Italian faciada, Italian facciata, equivalent to facci(a) face + -ata -ade1
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Parts of speech for Facade
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
facade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
facade usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for facade
noun facade
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- coloring — The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
Antonyms for facade
noun facade
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
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