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Definition: Comme Il Faut |
Comme Il FautAdjective1. According with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Comme il Faut (French, pronounce cum eel fo), as it should be; quite proper; quite according to etiquette or rule. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Comme Il FautSynonyms: becoming (adj), comely (adj), decent (adj), decorous (adj), seemly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fashion | Adjective: fashionable; in fashion; Noun: a la mode, comme il faut; admitted in society, admissible in society; Noun: presentable; conventional; (customary); genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite; (courteous). |
Nobility | Adjective: noble, exalted; of rank; Noun: princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic; high-, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly; (fashionable); highly respectable. |
Taste | To one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut; tire a quatre epingles. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Comme Il Faut |
| English words defined with "comme il faut": becoming ♦ comely ♦ decent, decorous ♦ seemly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "comme il faut": Browns. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Comme Il Faut" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (alright, duly, properly). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Un homme comme il faut (1910) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Un homme comme il faut!... / Pigal. Lith. de Langlumé. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-l-m-m-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: camomile, flameout, immolate, malemiut. | |
-4 letters: aloetic, calumet, climate, commute, filemot, foliate, leucoma, malefic, metical, outface, telomic. | |
-5 letters: acetum, aculei, aecium, aimful, almuce, amulet, atelic, atomic, camlet, citola, citole, coital, comate, comfit, commie, commit, coteau, facile, famuli, faucet, fecial, fecula, fetial, foetal, folate, folium, fomite, futile, locate, luetic, macule, malice, maloti, maumet, motile, muleta. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6D 6D 65      49 6C      46 61 75 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01100101 00100000 01001001 01101100 00100000 01000110 01100001 01110101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o m m e   I l   F a u t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006D 006D 0065      0049 006C      0046 0061 0075 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378179797124378240678786 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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