different between faw vs fac

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

faw

1. Alternative form of faugh

Synonyms

• (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
• (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Etymology 2

Phonetic rendering of for.

Preposition

faw

1. Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
   • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,

     “ […] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin? at me faw?”

Etymology 3

From the surname Faa.

Noun

faw (plural faws)

1. A gypsy.

Anagrams

• FWA, WAF

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fawe, fa?e, from Old English f?g, f?h (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to paint; mark; colour”).

Adjective

faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)

1. Of various colours; variegated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæk/

Etymology 1

Clipping of facsimile.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

1. A large ornamental letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book.

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Etymology 2

Clipping of faculty.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

1. (colloquial) A faculty within a university.
   • 1973, Princeton Alumni Weekly (volume 74, page vii)

     Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack
     The whitest man in all the fac.
     Of Princeton spirit he does not lack

   • 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)

     I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.

Anagrams

• ACF, AFC, CAF, CFA, FCA, caf

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• facu

Etymology

From Latin faci?. Compare Romanian face, fac.

Verb

fac (third-person singular present indicative fatsi or fatse, second-person plural present indicative fãtsets, first-person singular imperfect fãtseam, past participle faptã)

1. I do, make.

Derived terms

• fãcãtor

Related terms

• fatsiri/fatsire, fãtseari/fãtseare,
• fãtseri
• faptu
• faptã

French

Etymology

Clipping of faculté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

fac f (plural facs)

1. (informal, France) university

   Synonym: univ

Ladin

Noun

fac

1. plural of fat

Latin

Verb

fac

1. second-person singular present active imperative of faci?

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fak]

Verb

fac

1. first-person singular present indicative of face
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of face

3. third-person plural present indicative of face