porte-à-faux

French

Etymology

From porter à faux.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.ta.fo/

Noun

porte-à-faux m (plural porte-à-faux)

unstable position
(figuratively) awkward situation, awkward position
en porte-à-faux, être en porte-à-faux, mettre en porte-à-faux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(architecture) cantilever
(vehicles) overhang

Further reading

“porte-à-faux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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