délit de faciès
French, noun/de.li d(ə) fa.sjɛs/
délit de faciès is a French masculine noun meaning “the pseudo-crime of looking like a criminal, of having the stereotypical look of a criminal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Délit de sale gueule”.
What does délit de faciès mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinethe pseudo-crime of looking like a criminal, of having the stereotypical look of a criminal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Délit de sale gueule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of délit de faciès
- délits de faciès plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délit de faciès?
- /de.li d(ə) fa.sjɛs/
- \de.li də fa.sjɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.