facade
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facade
- /fəˈsɑ(ː)d/
- /fəˈseɪd/ obsolete
Rhymes with -ɑːd
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.
noun facades · façade
- The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were[…]ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence.
- The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
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A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
Similar: appearance, cover, front, guise, pretence, Potemkin village
- An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern. Facades are widely used for tasks like simplifying complex APIs.
verb facades · facading · facaded · façade
- To cover or disguise an outward appearance. Una was not happy in that small and self-immured company, already bound together by its big year on Broadway. But she façaded her unrest with a determination to improve her mind.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: frontage, window dressing, wall, veneer, umbrella, glazing, cover, coastline, coast, shield, surface, glass, mask, rock, mantle, signboard
Translations
Every language
noun front of anything
| Español | frontispicio, frontis |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | πρόσοψη prósopsi |
noun face of a building
| Español | fachada, frontispicio, frontis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정면 jeongmyeon, 파사드 pasadeu |
| 日本語 | 正面 shōmen, ファサード fasādo |
| 中文 | 正面 zhèngmiàn, 立面 lìmiàn, 外立面 wàilìmiàn |
| हिन्दी | अगवाड़ा agvāṛā |
| Português | fachada |
| Français | façade |
| Deutsch | Fassade |
| Italiano | facciata |
| Ελληνικά | πρόσοψη prósopsi |
| Română | fațadă |
| Русский | фаса́д fasád |
| العربية | وَاجِهَة wājiha |
| עברית | חֲזִית khazít |
Talk about this word "facade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/facade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. facade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/facade "facade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/facade.Cite this
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title = {facade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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