Definitions and meaning of facial
facial
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Adjective
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.).
Coordinate terms
- (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
Translations
Noun
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.
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “facial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “facial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin faciālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.siˈal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [fa.siˈal]
Adjective
facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)
- facial
Further reading
- “facial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese
Etymology
From English facial.
Pronunciation
Noun
facial
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) facial; personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face
- 做facial [Cantonese] ― zou6 fei1 sou4 [Jyutping] ― to have a facial treatment
References
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
French
Etymology
From Latin faciālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
facial (feminine faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales)
- facial
Derived terms
Further reading
- “facial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin faciālis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧al
Adjective
facial m or f (plural faciais)
- facial (of the face)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French facial.
Adjective
facial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine and neuter plural faciale)
- facial
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin faciālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /faˈθjal/ [faˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /faˈsjal/ [faˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: fa‧cial
Adjective
facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)
- facial
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “facial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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