Definitions for facade
fəˈsɑd, fæ-fa·cade

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. facade, frontage, frontal(noun)

   the face or front of a building

2. facade, window dressing(noun)

   a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. facade(Noun)

   The face of a building, especially the front.

   Etymology: From façade, from facciata, a derivation of faccia, from facies; compare face

2. facade(Noun)

   A deceptive outward appearance.

   Etymology: From façade, from facciata, a derivation of faccia, from facies; compare face

3. façade(Noun)

   The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.

4. façade(Noun)

   The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.

5. façade(Noun)

   A deceptive outward appearance; a front.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Facade(noun)

   the front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use

   Etymology: [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See Face.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Facade

   A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building. Many façades are historic, and local zoning regulations or other laws greatly restrict or even forbid their alteration.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Façade

   fa-sād′, n. the exterior front or face of a building. [Fr.,—face, after It. facciata, the front of a building—faccia, the face.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of facade in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of facade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of facade in a Sentence

1. Julieta Lopez:

   Venezuela is really a dictatorship, we have a facade of democracy.

2. The IEA:

   On the face of it, the oil price appears to be stabilizing. What a precarious balance it is, however, behind the façade of stability, the rebalancing triggered by the price collapse has yet to run its course, and it might be overly optimistic to expect it to proceed smoothly.

3. Yolanda Sanchez:

   That is just a facade, for us nothing is repaired.

4. Douglas Hostadter:

   It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order -- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

5. Eric Dane:

   To have secrets and to have to live keeping those secrets from people, i've certainly had my struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, mental health, and I know what it's like to have to put up a facade and have an external experience not match the internal experience. I felt like that was my strongest asset in trying to articulate what the guy's going through.

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