Definition of the word faces

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies.

Displaced native Middle English onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: fās, IPA^(key): /feɪs/
• (Fiji) IPA^(key): /feːs/
• Hyphenation: face
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun[edit]

face (plural faces)

1. (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

   That girl has a pretty face.

   The monkey pressed its face against the railings.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector’s face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’

2. One’s facial expression.

   Why the sad face?

3. (in expressions such as ‘make a face’) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

   Children! Stop making faces at each other!

4. Public image; outward appearance.

   Our chairman is the face of this company.

   He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.

5. The frontal aspect of something.

   The face of the cliff loomed above them.

   • 2021 February 3, Drachinifel, Guadalcanal Campaign — Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN)‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 December 2022, 17:16 from the start:

     Then, the torpedo bombers arrived, but, unlike those that had dealt Hornet such a heavy blow, these split their attention between Enterprise, South Dakota, Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USS Smith, which got a damaged Kate and its torpedo to the face for its trouble.

6. An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.

   This is a face of her that we have not seen before.

   Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.

7. (figurative) Presence; sight; front.

   to fly in the face of danger

   to speak before the face of God
8. The directed force of something.

   They turned the boat into the face of the storm.

9. Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
10. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

    You’ve got some face coming round here after what you’ve done.

    • a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works

      This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.

11. Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

    Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.

    They climbed the north face of the mountain.

    She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.

    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:

      Captain Anderson: He has the secrets from the beacon. He has an army of geth at his command. And he won’t stop until he’s wiped humanity from the face of the galaxy!

12. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
13. The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
14. (slang) The mouth.

    Shut your face!

    He’s always stuffing his face with chips.

15. (slang) Makeup; one’s complete facial cosmetic application.

    I’ll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.

17. (metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.

    It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.

    He better not show his face around here no more.

    Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes)

18. (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.

    He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.
19. (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a «good guy», especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.

    The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.

20. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
21. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
22. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
23. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
24. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.

    a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face

25. (typography) A typeface.
26. A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
27. (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.

    • 1966 November, “Classified Opportunity Mart: Stamp Collecting [advertisement]”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 189, number 5, page 229:

      MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.

    • 1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets — Sell for how much?”, in rec.collecting.stamps, Usenet‎^[4]:

      With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face.

    • 2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question….”, in rec.collecting.coins, Usenet‎^[5]:

      Talking about buying below face, I’ve bought a lot of rolled coins at below face. I’m not going to pay face just to drag them to the bank and deposit them.

Synonyms[edit]

• (part of head): dial, mug, mush, phiz (obsolete), phizog (obsolete), punim, visage
• (facial expression): countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage, see also Thesaurus:facial expression and Thesaurus:countenance
• (the front or outer surface): foreside
• (public image): image, public image, reputation
• (of a polyhedron): facet (different specialised meaning in mathematical use), surface (not in mathematical use)
• (slang: mouth): cakehole, gob, piehole, trap, see also Thesaurus:mouth
• (slang: wrestling): good guy, hero

Antonyms[edit]

• (baby face): heel

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

• → Danish: fjæs
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjes
• → Swedish: fjäs

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

face (third-person singular simple present faces, present participle facing, simple past and past participle faced)

1. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one’s face closest to (something).

   Face the sun.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

2. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).

   Turn the chair so it faces the table.
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
   • 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

     The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!

4. (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.

   We are facing an uncertain future.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:

     Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They’ve never faced anything like this before and they don’t know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.
     Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council — that’s what humans are capable of! That’s how we can defeat the Reapers!
     Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we’re their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.

5. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

   I’m going to have to face this sooner or later.

   • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     I’ll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.

   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:

     Network Rail doesn’t expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail’s wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.

6. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.

   The seats in the carriage faced backwards.

7. (transitive) To have as an opponent.

   Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.

   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:

     And a further boost to England’s qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello’s men face in their final qualifier.

8. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.

   Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it’s Hobson facing.

9. (transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.

   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 224, column 2:

     Face not mee: thou haſt brau’d manie men, braue not me; I will neither bee fac’d nor brau’d.

10. (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.

    a building faced with marble

11. (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.

    to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress

12. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
14. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.

    Hyponym: spotface

15. (transitive, retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.

    In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

Synonyms[edit]

• (position oneself/itself towards):
• (have its front closest to):
• (deal with): confront, deal with

Derived terms[edit]

• in-your-face

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Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

• face on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading[edit]

• MathWorld article on geometrical faces
• Faces in programming
• JavaServer Faces
• face on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams[edit]

• CAFE, cafe, café, ecaf

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /fʌˈħe/
• Hyphenation: fa‧ce

Verb[edit]

facé (causative facisé)

1. (intransitive) boil
2. (intransitive) ferment

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of face (type II verb)
	1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular	1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	facéh	factéh	facéh	factéh	facnéh	facteeníh	faceeníh
N-affirmative	facé	facté	facé	facté	facné	factén	facén
negative	máfacinniyo	máfacinnito	máfacinna	máfacinna	máfacinnino	máfacinniton	máfacinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	facáh	factáh	facáh	factáh	facnáh	factaanáh	facaanáh
N-affirmative	facá	factá	facá	factá	facná	factán	facán
negative	máfaca	máfacta	máfaca	máfacta	máfacna	máfactan	máfacan
prospective	V-affirmative	facéliyoh facéyyoh	facélitoh facéttoh	facéleh	facéleh	facélinoh facénnoh	facélitoonuh facéttoonuh	facéloonuh
N-affirmative	facéliyo facéyyo	facélito facétto	facéle	facéle	facélino facénno	facéliton facétton	facélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	fácuh	fáctuh	fácuh	fáctuh	fácuh	factóonuh	facóonuh
N-affirmative	fácu	fáctu	fácu	fáctu	fácu	factón	facón
negative	facé wáyuh	facé wáytuh	facé wáyuh	facé wáytuh	facé wáynuh	facé waytóonuh	facé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	facánkeh	factánkeh	facánkeh	factánkeh	facnánkeh	factaanánkeh	facaanánkeh
N-affirmative	facánke	factánke	facánke	factánke	facnánke	factaanánke	facaanánke
negative	facé wáankeh	facé waytánkeh	facé wáankeh	facé waytánkeh	facé waynánkeh	facé waytaanánkeh	facé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	fácay	fáctay	fácay	fáctay	fácay	factóonay	facóonay
negative	facé wáay	facé wáytay	facé wáay	facé wáytay	facé wáynay	facé waytóonay	facé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	facinniyóy	facinnitóy	facinnáy	facinnáy	facinninóy	facinnitoonúy	facinnoonúy
negative	facé wanniyóy	facé wannitóy	facé wannáy	facé wannáy	facé wanninóy	facé wannitoonúy	facé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	facék	facték	facék	facték	facnék	facteeník	faceeník
negative	facé wéek	facé wayték	facé wéek	facé wayték	facé waynék	facé wayteeník	facé weeník
	singular	plural		singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	facóo	facnóo	imperative	affirmative	fác	fáca
negative	mafacóo	mafacnóo	negative	máfacin	máfacina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
V-focus	N-focus
fácah	fáci	fácak	facínnuh	facínnuk	facíyya	facináanih	facináan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative facé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative facé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative facé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis facé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References[edit]

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “face”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[6], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 280

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• 飛士／飞士, 飛屎／飞屎

Etymology[edit]

From English face.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

face

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity)

References[edit]

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Finnish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• Face

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑse/, [ˈfɑs̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑse
• Syllabification^(key): fa‧ce

Proper noun[edit]

face

1. (informal) Clipping of Facebook.

Usage notes[edit]

• Facebook is generally pronounced approximately following the English pronunciation (/feispu:k/), while this term is not.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of face (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative	face	facet
genitive	facen	facejen
partitive	facea	faceja
illative	faceen	faceihin
	singular	plural
nominative	face	facet
accusative	nom.	face	facet
gen.	facen
genitive	facen	facejen faceinrare
partitive	facea	faceja
inessive	facessa	faceissa
elative	facesta	faceista
illative	faceen	faceihin
adessive	facella	faceilla
ablative	facelta	faceilta
allative	facelle	faceille
essive	facena	faceina
translative	faceksi	faceiksi
instructive	—	facein
abessive	facetta	faceitta
comitative	See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of face (type nalle)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative faceni faceni accusative nom. faceni faceni gen. faceni genitive faceni facejeni faceinirare partitive faceani facejani inessive facessani faceissani elative facestani faceistani illative faceeni faceihini adessive facellani faceillani ablative faceltani faceiltani allative facelleni faceilleni essive facenani faceinani translative facekseni faceikseni instructive — — abessive facettani faceittani comitative — faceineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative facesi facesi accusative nom. facesi facesi gen. facesi genitive facesi facejesi faceisirare partitive faceasi facejasi inessive facessasi faceissasi elative facestasi faceistasi illative faceesi faceihisi adessive facellasi faceillasi ablative faceltasi faceiltasi allative facellesi faceillesi essive facenasi faceinasi translative faceksesi faceiksesi instructive — — abessive facettasi faceittasi comitative — faceinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative facemme facemme accusative nom. facemme facemme gen. facemme genitive facemme facejemme faceimmerare partitive faceamme facejamme inessive facessamme faceissamme elative facestamme faceistamme illative faceemme faceihimme adessive facellamme faceillamme ablative faceltamme faceiltamme allative facellemme faceillemme essive facenamme faceinamme translative faceksemme faceiksemme instructive — — abessive facettamme faceittamme comitative — faceinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative facenne facenne accusative nom. facenne facenne gen. facenne genitive facenne facejenne faceinnerare partitive faceanne facejanne inessive facessanne faceissanne elative facestanne faceistanne illative faceenne faceihinne adessive facellanne faceillanne ablative faceltanne faceiltanne allative facellenne faceillenne essive facenanne faceinanne translative faceksenne faceiksenne instructive — — abessive facettanne faceittanne comitative — faceinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative facensa facensa accusative nom. facensa facensa gen. facensa genitive facensa facejensa faceinsarare partitive faceaan faceansa facejaan facejansa inessive facessaan facessansa faceissaan faceissansa elative facestaan facestansa faceistaan faceistansa illative faceensa faceihinsa adessive facellaan facellansa faceillaan faceillansa ablative faceltaan faceltansa faceiltaan faceiltansa allative facelleen facellensa faceilleen faceillensa essive facenaan facenansa faceinaan faceinansa translative facekseen faceksensa faceikseen faceiksensa instructive — — abessive facettaan facettansa faceittaan faceittansa comitative — faceineen faceinensa

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• insta

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French and Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /fas/
• Homophones: faces, fasce, fasse, fassent, fasses
• Rhymes: -as

Noun[edit]

face f (plural faces)

1. (anatomy) face
2. surface, side
3. (geometry) face
4. head (of a coin)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

• aspect
• figure
• surface
• tête
• visage

Further reading[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

• café

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).

Noun[edit]

face f (plural facis)

1. face

Interlingua[edit]

Verb[edit]

face

1. present of facer
2. imperative of facer

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: fà‧ce

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin facem (“torch, firebrand”).

Noun[edit]

face f (plural faci)

1. (poetic) torch

   Synonyms: fiaccola, torcia

   • 1827, Ugo Foscolo, Le grazie‎^[7], Felice Le Monnier, published 1848, page 42:

     […] vide […] ¶ Aiace […] ¶ Fra le dardanie faci arso e splendente ¶ Scagliar rotta la spada, e trarsi l’elmo, ¶ E fulminare immobile col guardo ¶ Ettore che perplesso ivi si tenne

     She saw Ajax, burning and shining among the Trojan torches, throw away the broken sword, and take off his helm, and, immobile, stare down Hector, who stood there perplexed.

2. (poetic, by extension) light

   Synonyms: luce, lume, splendore

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Further reading[edit]

• face in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

face

1. (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of fa, third-person singular present indicative of fare

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

face

1. ablative singular of fax

Verb[edit]

face

1. second-person singular present imperative active of faciō

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Classical Latin faciēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːs(ə)/

Noun[edit]

face (plural faces)

1. (anatomy) face
   • 14^th C., Chaucer, General Prologue

     Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

     Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

Synonyms[edit]

• visage

Descendants[edit]

• English: face, fyess (Northumbrian) (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: face
• Yola: faace

References[edit]

• “fāce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

face

1. Alternative form of fass

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• fache (northern)

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).

Noun[edit]

face f (oblique plural faces, nominative singular face, nominative plural faces)

1. (anatomy) face
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Le chief li desarme et la face.

     He exposed his head and his face.

   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Li rois regarda li deus freres
     A cors bien fais, a faces cleres

     The king looked at the two brothers
     With their well-built bodies and clear faces

   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 148 of this essay:

     Les signes subsequens est face enflée […]

     the symptoms are the following: swollen face […]

Synonyms[edit]

• vis (more common)
• visage
• volt

Descendants[edit]

• Middle French: face
  • French: face
• Norman: fache, fach
• → Middle English: face (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese façe, faz, from Latin faciēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: fa‧ce

Noun[edit]

face f (plural faces)

1. (anatomy, geometry) face

   Synonyms: cara, rosto

2. (anatomy) the cheek

   Synonym: bochecha

References[edit]

• “façe” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō^[1], from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). The verb’s original past participle was fapt, from factum, but was changed and replaced several centuries ago. An alternative third-person simple perfect, fece, from fecit, was also found in some dialects.^[2] The meaning «to cost» is likely a calque of Greek κάνω (káno).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃe
• Hyphenation: fa‧ce

Verb[edit]

a face (third-person singular present face, past participle făcut) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) do, make
2. (reflexive) to be made, to be done
3. to cost

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• afacere
• facere
• făcător
• preface

[edit]

• desface
• fapt

See also[edit]

• înfăptui
• face dragoste

References[edit]

• face in DEX online — Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfaθe/ [ˈfa.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈfase/ [ˈfa.se]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: fa‧ce

Verb[edit]

face

1. third-person singular present indicative of facer

Britannica Dictionary definition of FACE

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Britannica Dictionary definition of FACE

• Defenition of the word face

  • The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
  • The part of an animal or human that consists of the chin, the mouth and the main sensory organs.
  • To deal with (something unpleasant) head on.
  • To oppose, as in hostility or a competition.
  • To be oriented in a certain direction; to be opposite to.
  • To present somebody with something, e.g. to accuse or criticize.
  • impudent aggressiveness; «I couldn’t believe her boldness»; «he had the effrontery to question my honesty»
  • oppose in hostility; «confront an opponent»
  • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; «»We confronted him with the evidence»
  • come to grips with face (something unpleasant) head on; «You must confront your problems»
  • the expression on a person’s face; «a sad expression»; «a look of triumph»; «an angry face»
  • a vertical surface of a building or cliff
  • the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); «he dealt the cards face down»
  • the striking or working surface of an implement
  • the general outward appearance of something; «the face of the city is changing»
  • status in the eyes of others; «he lost face»
  • the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
  • (synecdoche) a part of a person is used to refer to a person; «he looked out at a roomful of faces»; «when he returned to work he met many new faces»
  • cover the front or surface of: «The building was faced with beautiful stones»
  • line near the edge with a different material, as of a garment
  • turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
  • be opposite; «In this exercise, the gymnast should face the floor»
  • the act of confronting bravely; «he hated facing the facts»; «he excelled in the face of danger»
  • the front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; «he washed his face»; «I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news»
  • a specific size and style of type within a type family
  • face in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; «The house looks north»; «My backyard look onto the pond»; «The building faces the park»
  • a contorted facial expression; «she made a grimace at the prospect»
  • face in a certain direction; «The house looks out on a tennis court»; «The apartment looks across the Hudson»
  • a surface forming part of the outside of an object; «he examined all sides of the crystal»; «dew dripped from the face of the leaf»
  • the expression on a person»s face; «a sad expression»; «a look of triumph»; «an angry face»
  • impudent aggressiveness; «I couldn»t believe her boldness»; «he had the effrontery to question my honesty»
  • the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; «he washed his face»; «I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news»
  • a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; «he looked out at a roomful of faces»; «when he returned to work he met many new faces»
  • deal with (something unpleasant) head on; «You must confront your problems»; «He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes»
  • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; «We confronted him with the evidence»; «He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions»; «An enormous dilemma faces us»
  • oppose, as in hostility or a competition; «You must confront your opponent»; «Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring»; «The two enemies finally confronted each other»
  • cover the front or surface of; «The building was faced with beautiful stones»
  • line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; «face the lapels of the jacket»
  • turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; «Turn and face your partner now»
  • turn so as to expose the face; «face a playing card»
  • be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; «The house looks north»; «My backyard look onto the pond»; «The building faces the park»
  • be opposite; «the facing page»; «the two sofas face each other»
  • the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
  • the general outward appearance of something
  • the feelings expressed on a person’s face
  • impudent aggressiveness
  • status in the eyes of others
  • the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
  • a contorted facial expression
  • a surface forming part of the outside of an object
  • a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
  • deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  • oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  • cover the front or surface of
  • line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
  • turn so as to expose the face
  • be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
  • be opposite

Synonyms for the word face

• • accept
  • admit
  • air
  • appearance
  • aspect
  • be drawn against
  • be in front of
  • be opposite
  • be realistic
  • bite the bullet
  • boldness
  • brass
  • challenge
  • cheek
  • confront
  • cope with
  • countenance
  • deal with
  • effrontery
  • elevation
  • expression
  • facade
  • face up
  • facial expression
  • facing
  • features
  • font
  • fount
  • front
  • grimace
  • handle
  • human face
  • look
  • look across
  • look out on
  • look out over
  • look toward
  • meet
  • mug
  • nerve
  • overlook
  • play
  • play against
  • present
  • realize
  • side
  • stand facing
  • stand in front of
  • surface
  • tackle
  • typeface
  • visage

Similar words in the face

• • bully off
  • face
  • face off
  • face’s
  • faceless
  • facet
  • facet’s
  • faceted
  • faceting
  • facetious
  • facetiously
  • facetiousness
  • facetiousness’s
  • facets

Meronymys for the word face

• • animal
  • animate being
  • beard
  • beast
  • brow
  • brute
  • caput
  • cheek
  • chin
  • club head
  • club-head
  • clubhead
  • creature
  • eye
  • eyebrow
  • face fungus
  • facial
  • facial muscle
  • facial nerve
  • facial vein
  • fauna
  • feature
  • forehead
  • golf-club head
  • head
  • homo
  • human
  • human being
  • jaw
  • lineament
  • man
  • mentum
  • mouth
  • nervus facialis
  • nose
  • oculus
  • olfactory organ
  • optic
  • peeper
  • playing card
  • racket
  • racquet
  • seventh cranial nerve
  • supercilium
  • ticker
  • type family
  • vena facialis
  • watch
  • whiskers

Hyponyms for the word face

• • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back end
  • backside
  • beam-ends
  • bicameral script
  • black letter
  • bold
  • bold face
  • boldface
  • bottom
  • breast
  • cartridge font
  • clock dial
  • clock face
  • coalface
  • confront
  • constant-width font
  • countenance
  • dial
  • fixed-width font
  • font cartridge
  • forepart
  • front
  • front end
  • Gothic
  • Helvetica
  • italic
  • kisser
  • lee
  • lee side
  • leer
  • leeward
  • light
  • match
  • monospaced font
  • moue
  • mug
  • muzzle
  • oppose
  • perpendicular
  • phiz
  • physiognomy
  • pit
  • play off
  • pout
  • proportional font
  • raster font
  • rear
  • reface
  • revet
  • sans serif
  • screen font
  • smiler
  • spark
  • sparkle
  • tackle
  • take on
  • take the bull by the horns
  • top
  • top side
  • twinkle
  • typewriter font
  • underside
  • undersurface
  • undertake
  • unicameral script
  • upper side
  • upside
  • visage
  • windward
  • wry face

Hypernyms for the word face

• • aggressiveness
  • appearance
  • approach
  • be
  • braving
  • confronting
  • coping with
  • countenance
  • cover
  • disclose
  • encounter
  • expose
  • external body part
  • facial expression
  • facial gesture
  • front
  • go about
  • grappling
  • human
  • individual
  • lie
  • line
  • meet
  • mortal
  • person
  • play
  • position
  • set about
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • status
  • surface
  • tackling
  • take on
  • turn
  • type
  • vertical surface
  • visage
  • visual aspect

Antonyms for the word face

• • avoid
  • back

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