🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

가짜

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gajja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Faux/fo/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 가방은 가짜입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An imitation or counterfeit of something.

    "The designer handbag was a faux, not the real thing."
  2. 2

    A false representation or appearance.

    "The faux pas at the dinner party made everyone uncomfortable."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'faux' originates from the French language, meaning 'false' or 'fake'. It is derived from the Latin word 'falsus', which also means 'false'. The term has been adopted into English to describe something that is not genuine or is a counterfeit.

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