faux pas

Etymology
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Pronunciation
Singular Plural

Noun

 * 1) An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

Usage notes

 * Especially used in social situations and contexts.

Translations

 * Catalan: pas fals, pas en fals, passa en fals
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, etikettivirhe, ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Italian: passo falso
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, некраси́вый посту́пок, , ; ло́жный шаг
 * Slovak: trapas, prešľap
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) stumble, misstep, false step
 * 2)  faux pas, blunder

Etymology
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Noun

 * , blunder