façade

façade — [ fasad ] n. f. • 1611; fassade 1565; it. facciata, de faccia « face » 1 ♦ Face antérieure d un bâtiment où s ouvre l entrée principale, donnant le plus souvent sur la rue. ⇒ 2. devant, front. « Le plan de cette belle façade du Louvre [...] qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Façade — • The face or front of any building. In ecclesiastical architecture the term is generally used to designate the west front; sometimes the transept fronts Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Facade     Façade …   Catholic encyclopedia

Facade — Façade Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

facade — UK [fəˈsɑːd] / US [fəˈsɑd] or façade UK / US noun Word forms facade : singular facade plural facades 1) [countable] the front of a building, especially one that is large or impressive 2) [singular] a false appearance or way of behaving that hides …   English dictionary

Façade — Façade, (italiensk facciata, forside) er benævnelsen på forsiden af en bygning; man taler vel tillige om side facade, men facade betegner for byhuses vedkommende forsiden, den, som ved sin dekorative udstyrelse udtrykker bygningens karakter og… …   Danske encyklopædi

façade — Façade. s. f. Frontispice d un grand edifice. La façade d une Eglise. la façade d un Palais …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

facade — 1650s, front of a building, from Fr. façade (16c.), from It. facciata, from faccia face, from V.L. *facia (see FACE (Cf. face) (n.)). Figurative use by 1845 …   Etymology dictionary

facade —    , façade    (fah SAHD) [French, from Italian] The main face or front of a building; the side visible to the public. An outward appearance, especially one designed to make a good impression; a false front.    the façade of whose 18th century… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

facade — or façade [fə säd′] n. [Fr < It facciata < faccia < VL facia: see FACE] 1. the front of a building; part of a building facing a street, courtyard, etc. 2. the front part of anything: often used figuratively, with implications of an… …   English World dictionary

Facade — Fa [,c]ade (f[.a] s[.a]d or f[.a] s[=a]d ), n. [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See {Face}.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Façade — (fr., spr. Fasahd), die Außenseite eines Bauwerks, daher Vorder od. Haupt F., die nach der Straße zugekehrte, u. Seiten F. u. hintere F., die nach dem Hofe, Garten od. einer unbedeutenderen Straße zugekehrte Seite. Die symmetrische Gliederung der …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon