Facade

Pronunciation

• Aus IPA: /fəˈsaːd/
• UK IPA: /fəˈsɑːd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Alternative forms

• façade

Origin

From French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia ("front"), from Latin facies ("face"); compare face

Full definition of facade

Noun

1. The face of a building, especially the front.
• 2005, Peter Brandvold, “Ghost Colts”, in Robert J. Randisi (ed.), Lone Star Law,^{http://books.google.com/books?id=oD_1h7qBndoC} Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416514597, page 179,Eight or so gunmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the gray-white trail before the barn, firing into the saloon's burning, bullet-pocked facade.
2. (figuratively) A deceptive outward appearance.

Synonyms

• (front of a building) front
• (deceptive appearance) appearance, front, guise, show

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