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a faux pas
a faux pas
an embarrassing mistake made in public I realized I'd made a real faux pas by eating my soup with my dessert spoon.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Eligiusz | | e-LEEG-yuwsh | Polish |
Boulos | | - | Arabic |
Sanjana | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
Hendrik | | HEN-drik (Dutch, German) | Dutch, German, Estonian |
Buena | | ['bju:nə] | |
Calliope | | kə-LIE-ə-pee (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |