facelift

English

Alternative forms

• face-lift
• face lift

Etymology

face +‎ lift

Noun

Wikipedia facelift (plural facelifts)

1. Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
2. By extension, any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.

   The old building will get a facelift with new paint, carpet, and decoration.

Translations

plastic surgery to the face

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉皮 (cmn) (lāpí)

• Finnish: kasvojenkohotus (fi)
• French: lifting (fr) m
• German: Gesichtsstraffung (de) f, Facelift (de) n

• Kyrgyz: косметикалык ремонт (ky) (kosmetikalık remont), бетке жасалган косметикалык операция (ky) (betke casalgan kosmetikalık operatsiya)
• Japanese: フェイスリフト (ja) (feisurifuto)
• Manx: aanoaghey eddin (gv) m
• Russian: лифтинг (ru) (lífting) m, подтяжка (ru) (podtjážka) f (лица́)
• Swedish: ansiktslyft (sv) n

Verb

facelift (third-person singular simple present facelifts, present participle facelifting, simple past and past participle facelifted)

1. To perform a facelift upon.

Translations

to perform a facelift

• Swedish: göra en ansiktslyftning