The facade of the building was completely renovated. I didn't recognize it when I drove by.
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Facade
//fəˈsɑːd//
Synonyms for "facade" (186 found)
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Strong matches (55)
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Noun(3 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 49 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَاجِهَة noun (face of a building)
Armenian
1 entries- ճակատ noun (face of a building)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fasad noun (face of a building)
Basque
1 entries- fatxada noun (face of a building)
Belarusian
1 entries- фаса́д noun (face of a building)
Bikol Central
2 entries- atubangan noun (face of a building)
- patsada noun (face of a building)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фаса́да noun (face of a building)
Catalan
4 entries- fatxada noun (face of a building)
- façana noun (face of a building)
- façana noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- frontera noun (face of a building)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 外觀 /外观 noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- 正面 noun (face of a building)
- 立面 noun (face of a building)
Czech
1 entries- fasáda noun (face of a building)
Danish
2 entries- facade noun (face of a building)
- facade noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Dutch
3 entries- façade noun (face of a building)
- façade noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- gevel noun (face of a building)
Esperanto
1 entries- fasado noun (face of a building)
Estonian
1 entries- fassaad noun (face of a building)
Finnish
4 entries- etupuoli noun (front of anything)
- julkisivu noun (face of a building)
- julkisivu noun (front of anything)
- julkisivu noun (deceptive outward appearance)
French
2 entries- façade noun (face of a building)
- façade noun (deceptive outward appearance)
German
2 entries- Fassade noun (face of a building)
- Fassade noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Greek
3 entries- πρόσοψη noun (face of a building)
- πρόσοψη noun (front of anything)
- πρόσοψη noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Hebrew
3 entries- חֲזִית noun (face of a building)
- פָסָדָה noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- פָסוֹן noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Hungarian
4 entries- felszín noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- homlokzat noun (face of a building)
- kirakat noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- köntös noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Ido
1 entries- fasado noun (face of a building)
Indonesian
4 entries- depan hadapan noun (front of anything)
- fasad noun (face of a building)
- muka noun (front of anything)
- muka bangunan noun (face of a building)
Istriot
1 entries- fassada noun (face of a building)
Italian
2 entries- facciata noun (face of a building)
- facciata noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Japanese
3 entries- ファサード noun (face of a building)
- 外観 noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- 正面 noun (face of a building)
Korean
2 entries- 정면 noun (face of a building)
- 파사드 noun (face of a building)
Latvian
1 entries- fasāde noun (face of a building)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fasadas noun (face of a building)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- fasada noun (face of a building)
Macedonian
1 entries- фаса́да noun (face of a building)
Malay
2 entries- muka bangunan noun (face of a building)
- zahirnya noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Māori
2 entries- kāinga kanohi noun (front of anything)
- kāinga kanohi noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Norman
1 entries- côtchiéthe noun (face of a building)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fasade noun (face of a building)
Persian
1 entries- نما noun (face of a building)
Polish
4 entries- fasada noun (face of a building)
- fasada noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- front noun (front of anything)
- pozór noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Portuguese
2 entries- fachada noun (face of a building)
- fachada noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Romanian
1 entries- fațadă noun (face of a building)
Russian
3 entries- фаса́д noun (face of a building)
- фаса́д noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- ши́рма noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fasáda noun (face of a building)
- фаса́да noun (face of a building)
Slovak
1 entries- fasáda noun (face of a building)
Slovene
2 entries- fasada noun (face of a building)
- pročelje noun (face of a building)
Spanish
4 entries- fachada noun (face of a building)
- fachada noun (deceptive outward appearance)
- frontis noun (face of a building)
- frontis noun (front of anything)
Swedish
2 entries- fasad noun (face of a building)
- fasad noun (deceptive outward appearance)
Tagalog
2 entries- dayag noun (face of a building)
- karayagan noun (face of a building)
Turkish
1 entries- cephe noun (face of a building)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фаса́д noun (face of a building)
Venetan
2 entries- fasada noun (face of a building)
- façada noun (face of a building)
Walloon
1 entries- divanteure noun (face of a building)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
They will have placed the billboard on that building's facade before July ends.
Source: tatoeba (2753649)
They live in a white house with a brick facade on the left at the end of the street.
Source: tatoeba (3491809)
The magician's use of smoke and mirrors was an elaborate facade.
Source: tatoeba (5299830)
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