fau-x, -sse, adj., false, untrue, erroneous, wrong; spurious; unsound; base, counterfeit; artificial, imitation; fictitious, mock, sham, pretended; insincere, double, treacherous, deceitful; (mus.) out of tune; forged. Acte —; (jur.) forgery. — témoin; false witness. Chose —sse; untruth. —sse doctrine; erroneous doctrine. —sse monnaie; counterfeit money. — brave; braggadocio, swaggerer. —sse démarche; wrong step. Voix —sse; voice out of tune. — brillant; tinsel. —sse équerre; bevel. —sse fenêtre; blank or sham window. — comme un jeton; false as Judas. Faire — bond; not to keep an engagement. Faire —sse route; to take the wrong road; to be on the wrong track. Faire un — pas; to stumble; (fig.) to make a slip.
faux, n.m., falsehood, forgery; false. Discerner le vrai d’avec le —; to discern truth from falsehood. Crime de —; crime of forgery. Un —; a forgery. Commettre un —; to commit a forgery. Poursuivre pour —; to prosecute for forgery. Arguer de —; to accuse, to tax, as false. S’inscrire en — contre une chose; to deny the truth of an assertion.
faux, adv., erroneously, falsely, wrongfully; (mus.) out of tune. Il chante —; he sings out of tune. À —; falsely, unjustly. Être accusé à —; to be accused unjustly. Porter à —; (arch.) to be out of perpendicular, not to be upright. Cette poutre porte à —; that post is out of the perpendicular.
faux-fuyant, n.m., (—-—s) by-place; subterfuge, evasion, creep-hole.
favelotte, n.f., horse-bean.
faveur, n.f., favor, boon; interest; vogue; grace; ribbon. À la — de; by favor of, under cover of. En — de; in behalf of, in favor of. Être en —; to be in favor, in vogue. Prendre —; to get or come into favor, into vogue. Mettre en —; to bring into favor, into vogue.
favonette, n.f., everlasting pea.
favorable, adj., favorable, propitious; fair. Le ciel vous soit —! heaven befriend you!
favorablement, adv., favorably, propitiously.
favori, -te, n. and adj., favorite.