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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: (singular) /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/, (plural) /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑːz/
• (General American) IPA: (singular) /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/, (plural) /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑz/

名詞

faux pas (plural faux pas or faux pas's)

1. An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

   Synonyms: misstep, mistake, blunder; see also Thesaurus:error

   • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:

     Now my dear Lady Teazle if you but once make a trifling Faux Pas you can't conceive how cautious you would grow, and how ready to humour and agree with your Husband.

   • 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 2:

     A saint after repentance will forgive himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive himself for a faux pas.

   • 2023 June 10, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: François Hollande”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     He was also prone to faux pas, none as memorable as his 2014 secret escapade from the Élysée. He was captured in full-faced helmet on the back of a motor scooter on his way to meet his mistress, the actress Julie Gayet, who is now his wife.

使用する際の注意点

• Especially used in social situations and contexts.

動詞

faux pas (no third-person singular simple present, present participle faux pas'ing, simple past and past participle faux pas'ed)

1. (rare, nonstandard) To commit a faux pas; to blunder.