facial

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Proto-Italic *-jēs
Latin -iēs
Latin faciēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin faciālisbor.
English facial
    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#FACIALCategory:English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from Latin#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#FACIALCategory:Pages with etymology trees#FACIALCategory:English entries with etymology trees#FACIALCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#FACIAL

    Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FACIALCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#FACIAL faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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    Adjective

    facial (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#FACIALCategory:English adjectives#FACIALCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#FACIALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. (relationalCategory:English relational adjectives#FACIAL) Of or affecting the face.
    2. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#FACIAL, relationalCategory:English relational adjectives#FACIAL) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
    3. (transferred senseCategory:English terms with transferred senses#FACIAL, lawCategory:en:Law#FACIAL) (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.Category:English terms with usage examples#FACIAL
      • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:
        Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.
        Category:English terms with quotations#FACIAL

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    Noun

    facial (plural facials)Category:English lemmas#FACIALCategory:English nouns#FACIALCategory:English countable nouns#FACIALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#FACIAL) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
    2. (filmCategory:en:Film#FACIAL) 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 […]
        Category:English terms with quotations#FACIAL
    3. (slangCategory:English slang#FACIAL, sportsCategory:en:Sports#FACIAL) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
    4. (slangCategory:English slang#FACIAL, pornographyCategory:en:Pornography#FACIAL, sexCategory:en:Sex#FACIAL) A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
      Synonym: money shot
      Coordinate term: self-facial
      Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.Category:English terms with usage examples#FACIAL
      • 2021, Rachel Thompson, chapter 5, in Rough, Random House:
        For the piece she spoke to two women who said they enjoy facials, and who described the act as ‘the mark of a job well done’ and ‘really hot’. But Reid concludes that she herself finds facials deeply unpleasant.
        Category:English terms with quotations#FACIAL

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    Category:English terms suffixed with -al#FACIAL

    Catalan

    Etymology

    Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#FACIALCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#FACIAL faciālis.

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    Adjective

    facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)Category:Catalan lemmas#FACIALCategory:Catalan adjectives#FACIALCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#FACIALCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. facial

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    Chinese

    Etymology

    From EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#FACIALCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#FACIAL facial.

    Pronunciation

    Category:Chinese lemmas#facialCategory:Cantonese lemmas#facialCategory:Chinese nouns#facialCategory:Cantonese nouns#facialCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#facialCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#facial

    Noun

    facialCategory:Chinese lemmas#FACIALCategory:Chinese nouns#FACIALCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#FACIAL) 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 treatmentCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations

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    French

    Etymology

    From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#FACIAL faciālis.

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    facial (feminine faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales)Category:French lemmas#FACIALCategory:French adjectives#FACIALCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. facial

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    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#FACIALCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#FACIAL faciālis.

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    Adjective

    facial m or f (plural faciais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#FACIALCategory:Portuguese adjectives#FACIALCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#FACIALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. facial (of the face)

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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#FACIALCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#FACIAL facial.

    Adjective

    facial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine/neuter plural faciale)Category:Romanian lemmas#FACIALCategory:Romanian adjectives#FACIALCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. facial

    Declension

    Declension of facial
    singular plural
    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

    Etymology

    From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#FACIAL faciālis.

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    Adjective

    facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)Category:Spanish lemmas#FACIALCategory:Spanish adjectives#FACIALCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#FACIALCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FACIALCategory:Pages with entries#FACIALCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FACIAL

    1. facial

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