Pronounced: fo (like go) Faux is a French word used to describe something made to resemble something else The original French word means false, fake, imitation or artificial Faux marble looks like marble Faux bois looks like wood Faux porphyry looks like stone
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
- Literally false, or fake as in "faux-cut card work around the base " See also "Apocryphal"
Literally meaning 'false', faux is the term for finishes which look like something they are not
A simulation of something else An example of this would be faux marble, which is a marble-like surface painted onto walls or other surfaces (see trompe l'oeil)