façade meaning

A façade or facade is the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French façade (pronounced [fasad]), which means "frontage" or ...

a false appearance that makes someone or something seem more pleasant or better than they really are: He kept his hostility hidden behind a friendly façade.

för 5 dagar sedan — The meaning of FACADE is the front of a building; also : any face of a building given special architectural treatment. How to use facade in ...

A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something.

15 dec. 2021 — In its broadest sense, the term 'façade' can refer to any predominantly vertical face of a building envelope, such as an external wall.

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun façade. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Etymology. Unadapted borrowing from French façade, itself from Italian facciata.

A typical façade acts as a building's main protection against the external elements that could damage its structure - such as rain, wind, frost and sun.

A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade.