English-French translations for facade

• façade
  Dans les villes, les façades monumentales cachent délabrement, négligence et pauvreté. In the cities, the monumental facades hide decay, neglect and poverty.
  Bien que d’apparence très soignée, ce rapport est cependant une «façade de Potemkin». The report’s nicely polished exterior is, however, a legal ‘Potemkin facade’.
  Une vaste marmite où l'on trouve pèle-mêle questions urbaines, zones industrielles, espaces ruraux et façades maritimes. A huge cauldron containing urban issues, industrial zones, rural areas and maritime facades, all pell-mell.

Definition of facade

• The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation
• The face or front of any other thing, such as an organ
• An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern

Related words

• façade
• counterfacade
• façade pattern
• facade pattern
• double facade
• border roof at the side of the façade
• back façade