porte-à-faux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of porte à faux (third-person singular present indicative of porter à faux).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
porte-à-faux m (plural porte-à-faux)
- unstable position
- (figuratively) awkward situation, awkward position
- en porte-à-faux ― in an awkward position
- être en porte-à-faux ― to be in an awkward position
- mettre en porte-à-faux ― to put in an awkward position
- (architecture) cantilever
- (vehicles) overhang
Further reading[edit]
- “porte-à-faux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.