fausset

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.sɛ/

Etymology 1

From Provençal falset, from falsar, from Latin falsare.

Noun

fausset m (plural faussets)

1. faucet (tap used to stop the flow of liquid from a vessel)

Etymology 2

Frenchification of Italian falsetto

Noun

fausset m (plural faussets)

1. (chiefly in the singular) (singing) falsetto (type of singing voice)

   Synonym: falsetto

Further reading

• “fausset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.