facial
English edit
Etymology edit
Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
facial (not comparable)
- (relational) Of or affecting the face.
- (medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
- (transferred sense, law) (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
- The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Coordinate terms edit
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms edit
- acousticofacial
- acrofacial
- basifacial
- bifacial
- brachyfacial
- buccofacial
- cardiofacial
- centrofacial
- cephalofacial
- cervicofacial
- cofacial
- craniofacial
- craniomaxillofacial
- cytofacial
- dentofacial
- devil facial tumor disease
- distofacial
- dolichofacial
- enantiofacial
- encephalofacial
- endofacial
- epifacial
- equifacial
- exofacial
- extrafacial
- facial angle
- facial artery
- facial composite
- facial cream
- facial expression
- facial feature
- facial hair
- facialist
- faciality
- facialize
- facially
- facial mask
- facial nerve
- facialness
- facial profiling
- facial soap
- facial tissue
- facial yoga
- facio-
- gustofacial
- hemifacial
- hemimaxillofacial
- heterofacial
- interfacial
- intrafacial
- labiofacial
- linguofacial
- mandibulofacial
- maxillofacial
- mesiofacial
- mesofacial
- microfacial
- midfacial
- minifacial
- multifacial
- musculofacial
- nasofacial
- nonfacial
- oculofacial
- oculomandibulofacial
- odontofacial
- orofacial
- oromaxillofacial
- orthofacial
- panfacial
- parafacial
- perifacial
- prefacial
- retrofacial
- rhinofacial
- subfacial
- suprafacial
- temporofacial
- transfacial
- transverse facial artery
- trifacial
- trigeminofacial
- unifacial
- urofacial
- vajacial
- velocardiofacial
- zygomaticofacial
Translations edit
of the face
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Noun edit
facial (plural facials)
- (medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
- (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
- 2004, Simon Popple, Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory, page 92:
- But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]
- (slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
- (slang, pornography, sex) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.
- Synonym: money shot
- Coordinate term: self-facial
- Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
beauty treatment
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sex act
References edit
- “facial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “facial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)
- facial
- músculs facials
- facial muscles
Further reading edit
- “facial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
facial
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) facial; personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face
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French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
facial (feminine faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “facial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
facial m or f (plural faciais)
- facial (of the face)
Derived terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
facial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine and neuter plural faciale)
Declension edit
Declension of facial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | facial | facială | faciali | faciale | ||
definite | facialul | faciala | facialii | facialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | facial | faciale | faciali | faciale | ||
definite | facialului | facialei | facialilor | facialelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /faˈθjal/ [faˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /faˈsjal/ [faˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: fa‧cial
Adjective edit
facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “facial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014