If you mean "faux pas," a social blunder or error, it means "step"--a false step.
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"Paux" is not a word. The correct term is "faux pas," a French phrase meaning a social blunder or mistake, commonly used in English to describe an embarrassing or tactless error in social behavior or manners.
It is pronounced as "foe pah."
"Faux pas" is a French expression meaning a social blunder or mistake, often related to etiquette or manners. It refers to an embarrassing or inappropriate action or behavior that goes against accepted social norms. "Faux pas" is commonly used in English to describe a social mistake.
Faux pas means a social blunder or mistake. Pairing it with faux (meaning fake or false) accentuates that the mistake or blunder was especially embarrassing because it was not genuine or authentic.
She wore a faux fur coat to stay warm in the winter.
The French word for the English word "wrong" is "faux" or "incorrect."