fasce

French

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin fascia. The Old French form faisse, fece, which underwent "re-Latinized" spelling in modern French, was popularly inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas/
• Homophones: face, fasse, fassent, fasses

Noun

fasce f (plural fasces)

1. (heraldry) fess

Related terms

• faix

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃe/
• Rhymes: -aʃʃe
• Hyphenation: fà‧sce

Noun

fasce f

1. plural of fascia

Noun

fasce f pl (plural only)

1. swaddling clothes
2. (military, historical) puttees (strips of wool wrapped around the lower leg, from foot to knee)

Anagrams

• scafe

Latin

Noun

fasce

1. ablative singular of fascis