Fauxpas — meaning in English

English meaning

• blunder noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
• clanger noun Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
• gaffe noun An embarrassing mistake made in public, especially something tactless said in front of the wrong people.

Senses

Fauxpas is used for these senses in English:

• blunder A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
• clanger (chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
• faux pas An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
• gaffe A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.

blunder — full definition

1. noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
2. verb To make a careless, serious mistake.

clanger — full definition

1. noun Something that clangs; an alarm bell.
2. noun The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
3. noun A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
4. noun A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".

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