face

facé (canonical)
facisé (causative)
facéh (first-person perfective singular v-affirmative)
factéh (perfective second-person singular v-affirmative)
facéh (masculine perfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
factéh (feminine perfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
facnéh (first-person perfective plural v-affirmative)
facteeníh (perfective plural second-person v-affirmative)
faceeníh (perfective plural third-person v-affirmative)
facé (first-person n-affirmative perfective singular)
facté (n-affirmative perfective second-person singular)
facé (masculine n-affirmative perfective singular third-person)
facté (feminine n-affirmative perfective singular third-person)
facné (first-person n-affirmative perfective plural)
factén (n-affirmative perfective plural second-person)
facén (n-affirmative perfective plural third-person)
máfacinniyo (first-person negative perfective singular)
máfacinnito (negative perfective second-person singular)
máfacinna (masculine negative perfective singular third-person)
máfacinna (feminine negative perfective singular third-person)
máfacinnino (first-person negative perfective plural)
máfacinniton (negative perfective plural second-person)
máfacinnon (negative perfective plural third-person)
facáh (first-person imperfective singular v-affirmative)
factáh (imperfective second-person singular v-affirmative)
facáh (imperfective masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
factáh (feminine imperfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
facnáh (first-person imperfective plural v-affirmative)
factaanáh (imperfective plural second-person v-affirmative)
facaanáh (imperfective plural third-person v-affirmative)
facá (first-person imperfective n-affirmative singular)
factá (imperfective n-affirmative second-person singular)
facá (imperfective masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
factá (feminine imperfective n-affirmative singular third-person)
facná (first-person imperfective n-affirmative plural)
factán (imperfective n-affirmative plural second-person)
facán (imperfective n-affirmative plural third-person)
máfaca (first-person imperfective negative singular)
máfacta (imperfective negative second-person singular)
máfaca (imperfective masculine negative singular third-person)
máfacta (feminine imperfective negative singular third-person)
máfacna (first-person imperfective negative plural)
máfactan (imperfective negative plural second-person)
máfacan (imperfective negative plural third-person)
facéliyoh (first-person prospective singular v-affirmative)
facéyyoh (first-person prospective singular v-affirmative)
facélitoh (prospective second-person singular v-affirmative)
facéttoh (prospective second-person singular v-affirmative)
facéleh (masculine prospective singular third-person v-affirmative)
facéleh (feminine prospective singular third-person v-affirmative)
facélinoh (first-person plural prospective v-affirmative)
facénnoh (first-person plural prospective v-affirmative)
facélitoonuh (plural prospective second-person v-affirmative)
facéttoonuh (plural prospective second-person v-affirmative)
facéloonuh (plural prospective third-person v-affirmative)
facéliyo (first-person n-affirmative prospective singular)
facéyyo (first-person n-affirmative prospective singular)
facélito (n-affirmative prospective second-person singular)
facétto (n-affirmative prospective second-person singular)
facéle (masculine n-affirmative prospective singular third-person)
facéle (feminine n-affirmative prospective singular third-person)
facélino (first-person n-affirmative plural prospective)
facénno (first-person n-affirmative plural prospective)
facéliton (n-affirmative plural prospective second-person)
facétton (n-affirmative plural prospective second-person)
facélon (n-affirmative plural prospective third-person)
fácuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person singular v-affirmative)
fáctuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i second-person singular v-affirmative)
fácuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
fáctuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine singular third-person v-affirmative)
fácuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person plural v-affirmative)
factóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i plural second-person v-affirmative)
facóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i plural third-person v-affirmative)
fácu (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person n-affirmative singular)
fáctu (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative second-person singular)
fácu (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
fáctu (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine n-affirmative singular third-person)
fácu (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person n-affirmative plural)
factón (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative plural second-person)
facón (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative plural third-person)
facé wáyuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person negative singular)
facé wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative second-person singular)
facé wáyuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine negative singular third-person)
facé wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine negative singular third-person)
facé wáynuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person negative plural)
facé waytóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative plural second-person)
facé wóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative plural third-person)
facánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person singular v-affirmative)
factánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii second-person singular v-affirmative)
facánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
factánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine singular third-person v-affirmative)
facnánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person plural v-affirmative)
factaanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii plural second-person v-affirmative)
facaanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii plural third-person v-affirmative)
facánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person n-affirmative singular)
factánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative second-person singular)
facánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
factánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine n-affirmative singular third-person)
facnánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person n-affirmative plural)
factaanánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative plural second-person)
facaanánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative plural third-person)
facé wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person negative singular)
facé waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative second-person singular)
facé wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine negative singular third-person)
facé waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine negative singular third-person)
facé waynánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person negative plural)
facé waytaanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative plural second-person)
facé wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative plural third-person)
fácay (affirmative first-person jussive singular)
fáctay (affirmative jussive second-person singular)
fácay (affirmative jussive masculine singular third-person)
fáctay (affirmative feminine jussive singular third-person)
fácay (affirmative first-person jussive plural)
factóonay (affirmative jussive plural second-person)
facóonay (affirmative jussive plural third-person)
facé wáay (first-person jussive negative singular)
facé wáytay (jussive negative second-person singular)
facé wáay (jussive masculine negative singular third-person)
facé wáytay (feminine jussive negative singular third-person)
facé wáynay (first-person jussive negative plural)
facé waytóonay (jussive negative plural second-person)
facé wóonay (jussive negative plural third-person)
facinniyóy (affirmative conditional first-person past singular)
facinnitóy (affirmative conditional past second-person singular)
facinnáy (affirmative conditional masculine past singular third-person)
facinnáy (affirmative conditional feminine past singular third-person)
facinninóy (affirmative conditional first-person past plural)
facinnitoonúy (affirmative conditional past plural second-person)
facinnoonúy (affirmative conditional past plural third-person)
facé wanniyóy (conditional first-person negative past singular)
facé wannitóy (conditional negative past second-person singular)
facé wannáy (conditional masculine negative past singular third-person)
facé wannáy (conditional feminine negative past singular third-person)
facé wanninóy (conditional first-person negative past plural)
facé wannitoonúy (conditional negative past plural second-person)
facé wanninoonúy (conditional negative past plural third-person)
facék (affirmative conditional conditional-i first-person present singular)
facték (affirmative conditional conditional-i present second-person singular)
facék (affirmative conditional conditional-i masculine present singular third-person)
facték (affirmative conditional conditional-i feminine present singular third-person)
facnék (affirmative conditional conditional-i first-person plural present)
facteeník (affirmative conditional conditional-i plural present second-person)
faceeník (affirmative conditional conditional-i plural present third-person)
facé wéek (conditional conditional-i first-person negative present singular)
facé wayték (conditional conditional-i negative present second-person singular)
facé wéek (conditional conditional-i masculine negative present singular third-person)
facé wayték (conditional conditional-i feminine negative present singular third-person)
facé waynék (conditional conditional-i first-person negative plural present)
facé wayteeník (conditional conditional-i negative plural present second-person)
facé weeník (conditional conditional-i negative plural present third-person)
facóo (affirmative consultative singular)
facnóo (affirmative consultative plural)
fác (affirmative singular)
fáca (affirmative plural)
mafacóo (consultative negative singular)
mafacnóo (consultative negative plural)
máfacin (negative singular)
máfacina (negative plural)
fácah (converb h-converb)
fáci (converb i-form)
fácak (converb k-converb)
facínnuh (converb innuh-converb plural)
facínnuk (converb innuk-converb plural)
facíyya (infinitive plural)
facináanih (indefinite participle v-focus)
facináan (indefinite n-focus participle)
-k converb + imperfective of én (multiword-construction past progressive)
-k converb + prospective of sugé (future multiword-construction progressive)
imperfective + -m + takké (affirmative imperfect multiword-construction potential potential-ii)
facé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké (imperfect multiword-construction negative potential potential-ii)
perfective + -m + takké (affirmative multiword-construction perfect potential)
facé + perfective of wée + -m + takké (multiword-construction negative perfect potential)
imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék (affirmative conditional conditional-ii multiword-construction present)
perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k (affirmative conditional multiword-construction perfect)
facé + perfective of xaaxé (irrealis multiword-construction)


face

(Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity)

飛士 (alternative)
飞士 (alternative)
飛屎 (alternative)
飞屎 (alternative)


face

That girl has a pretty face.

The monkey pressed its face against the railings.

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

Why the sad face?

(informal or slang)
One's facial expression.

Children! Stop making faces at each other!

(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.

1966 November, “Classified Opportunity Mart: Stamp Collecting [advertisement]”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 189, number 5, page 229:

With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face.

1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets -- Sell for how much?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):

Talking about buying below face, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at below face. I'm not going to pay face just to drag them to the bank and deposit them.

2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question....”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet):

(informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.

The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.

(professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

Shut your face!

He's always stuffing his face with chips.

I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.

(slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

Our chairman is the face of this company.

He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.

As the film points out, the actor became known as “the face of Aids”.

2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(figurative)
Public image; outward appearance.

lose face

save face

Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.

You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.

a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.

Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

This is a face of her that we have not seen before.

Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.

An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.

An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.

to fly in the face of danger

to speak before the face of God

The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:

(figurative)
(figurative) Presence; sight; front.

It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.

He better not show his face around here no more.

Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes)

(metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.

A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.

He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.

Vincent was the very best dancer in Bay Ridge—the ultimate Face.

1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine:

(informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.

The face of the cliff loomed above them.

Then, the torpedo bombers arrived, but, unlike those that had dealt Hornet such a heavy blow, these split their attention between Enterprise, South Dakota, Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USS Smith, which got a damaged Kate and its torpedo to the face for its trouble.

2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 17:16 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04:

An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 163:

The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.

They turned the boat into the face of the storm.

Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.

They climbed the north face of the mountain.

She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.

But there went vp a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:6:

Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face.

1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):

Captain Anderson: He has the secrets from the beacon. He has an army of geth at his command. And he won't stop until he's wiped humanity from the face of the galaxy!

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:

Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

A cube has six faces, each of which is a square.

facet

different specialised meaning in mathematical use

(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.

(golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.

The part of a golf club that hits the ball.

(heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

(card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).

When playing aggro decks, hit face whenever you can; it's not worth spending your resources to try to control the board.

(video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.

a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face

(mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.

(mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.

For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsome face akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.

1982 August 28, Mark McHarry, “A Minor Delight”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 12:

The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee:

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 6:25:

My face will I turne also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it and defile it.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 7:22:

A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening

→ Danish: fjæs

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: fjes

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjes

→ Swedish: fejs, fjäs

→ Wu: 番斯 (¹fe-sy)

técnico

professional wrestling: headlining wrestler

Faqebardh

good reputation; standing in the eyes of others

Siperfaqesor

surface, especially a front or outer one

kant

geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron

lyöntipinta

golf: part of a golf club that hits the ball

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.
In the sense of face as in reputation, influenced by Chinese 面子 (miànzi) or 臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. See lose face.

noncog

Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”)

Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”)


face

Face the sun.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

Turn the chair so it faces the table.

He gain'd alſo with his Forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland,

1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 72:

(transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).

The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!

1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service:

(transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.

I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.

In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

(transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.

We are facing an uncertain future.

Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:

(transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.

I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.

I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.

1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.

2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:

I'm breaking down, breaking down at the thought of you
I keep breaking down, breaking down over you again
I can't face, can't face that you’re happier
And so, I'm stuck rotting six feet under

(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

The seats in the carriage faced backwards.

(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.

Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.

And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.

2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:

Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.

(intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.

Face not mee: thou haſt brau'd manie men, braue not me; I will neither bee fac'd nor brau'd.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 224, column 2:

(transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.

a building faced with marble

These upper walls seem mainly to have been formed, not of sun- or fire-baked bricks, as at Gournia or Palaikastro, but of clay or rubble, coated with plaster or faced with gypsum slabs.

1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 7:

(transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.

to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress

(transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.

To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

(engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.

en-verb

face (third-person singular simple present faces, present participle facing, simple past and past participle faced)

faces (present singular third-person)
facing (participle present)
faced (participle past)
faced (past)

zeigen

to have the front in a certain direction


face

face (nominative singular)
facet (nominative plural)
face (accusative nominative singular)
facet (accusative nominative plural)
facen (accusative genitive singular)
facet (accusative genitive plural)
facen (genitive singular)
facejen (genitive plural)
facein (genitive plural rare)
facea (partitive singular)
faceja (partitive plural)
facessa (inessive singular)
faceissa (inessive plural)
facesta (elative singular)
faceista (elative plural)
faceen (illative singular)
faceihin (illative plural)
facella (adessive singular)
faceilla (adessive plural)
facelta (ablative singular)
faceilta (ablative plural)
facelle (allative singular)
faceille (allative plural)
facena (essive singular)
faceina (essive plural)
faceksi (singular translative)
faceiksi (plural translative)
facetta (abessive singular)
faceitta (abessive plural)
facein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
faceni (nominative singular)
faceni (nominative plural)
faceni (accusative nominative singular)
faceni (accusative nominative plural)
faceni (accusative genitive singular)
faceni (accusative genitive plural)
faceni (genitive singular)
facejeni (genitive plural)
faceini (genitive plural rare)
faceani (partitive singular)
facejani (partitive plural)
facessani (inessive singular)
faceissani (inessive plural)
facestani (elative singular)
faceistani (elative plural)
faceeni (illative singular)
faceihini (illative plural)
facellani (adessive singular)
faceillani (adessive plural)
faceltani (ablative singular)
faceiltani (ablative plural)
facelleni (allative singular)
faceilleni (allative plural)
facenani (essive singular)
faceinani (essive plural)
facekseni (singular translative)
faceikseni (plural translative)
facettani (abessive singular)
faceittani (abessive plural)
faceineni (comitative plural)
facesi (nominative singular)
facesi (nominative plural)
facesi (accusative nominative singular)
facesi (accusative nominative plural)
facesi (accusative genitive singular)
facesi (accusative genitive plural)
facesi (genitive singular)
facejesi (genitive plural)
faceisi (genitive plural rare)
faceasi (partitive singular)
facejasi (partitive plural)
facessasi (inessive singular)
faceissasi (inessive plural)
facestasi (elative singular)
faceistasi (elative plural)
faceesi (illative singular)
faceihisi (illative plural)
facellasi (adessive singular)
faceillasi (adessive plural)
faceltasi (ablative singular)
faceiltasi (ablative plural)
facellesi (allative singular)
faceillesi (allative plural)
facenasi (essive singular)
faceinasi (essive plural)
faceksesi (singular translative)
faceiksesi (plural translative)
facettasi (abessive singular)
faceittasi (abessive plural)
faceinesi (comitative plural)
facemme (nominative singular)
facemme (nominative plural)
facemme (accusative nominative singular)
facemme (accusative nominative plural)
facemme (accusative genitive singular)
facemme (accusative genitive plural)
facemme (genitive singular)
facejemme (genitive plural)
faceimme (genitive plural rare)
faceamme (partitive singular)
facejamme (partitive plural)
facessamme (inessive singular)
faceissamme (inessive plural)
facestamme (elative singular)
faceistamme (elative plural)
faceemme (illative singular)
faceihimme (illative plural)
facellamme (adessive singular)
faceillamme (adessive plural)
faceltamme (ablative singular)
faceiltamme (ablative plural)
facellemme (allative singular)
faceillemme (allative plural)
facenamme (essive singular)
faceinamme (essive plural)
faceksemme (singular translative)
faceiksemme (plural translative)
facettamme (abessive singular)
faceittamme (abessive plural)
faceinemme (comitative plural)
facenne (nominative singular)
facenne (nominative plural)
facenne (accusative nominative singular)
facenne (accusative nominative plural)
facenne (accusative genitive singular)
facenne (accusative genitive plural)
facenne (genitive singular)
facejenne (genitive plural)
faceinne (genitive plural rare)
faceanne (partitive singular)
facejanne (partitive plural)
facessanne (inessive singular)
faceissanne (inessive plural)
facestanne (elative singular)
faceistanne (elative plural)
faceenne (illative singular)
faceihinne (illative plural)
facellanne (adessive singular)
faceillanne (adessive plural)
faceltanne (ablative singular)
faceiltanne (ablative plural)
facellenne (allative singular)
faceillenne (allative plural)
facenanne (essive singular)
faceinanne (essive plural)
faceksenne (singular translative)
faceiksenne (plural translative)
facettanne (abessive singular)
faceittanne (abessive plural)
faceinenne (comitative plural)
facensa (nominative singular)
facensa (nominative plural)
facensa (accusative nominative singular)
facensa (accusative nominative plural)
facensa (accusative genitive singular)
facensa (accusative genitive plural)
facensa (genitive singular)
facejensa (genitive plural)
faceinsa (genitive plural rare)
faceaan (partitive singular)
faceansa (partitive singular)
facejaan (partitive plural)
facejansa (partitive plural)
facessaan (inessive singular)
facessansa (inessive singular)
faceissaan (inessive plural)
faceissansa (inessive plural)
facestaan (elative singular)
facestansa (elative singular)
faceistaan (elative plural)
faceistansa (elative plural)
faceensa (illative singular)
faceihinsa (illative plural)
facellaan (adessive singular)
facellansa (adessive singular)
faceillaan (adessive plural)
faceillansa (adessive plural)
faceltaan (ablative singular)
faceltansa (ablative singular)
faceiltaan (ablative plural)
faceiltansa (ablative plural)
facelleen (allative singular)
facellensa (allative singular)
faceilleen (allative plural)
faceillensa (allative plural)
facenaan (essive singular)
facenansa (essive singular)
faceinaan (essive plural)
faceinansa (essive plural)
facekseen (singular translative)
faceksensa (singular translative)
faceikseen (plural translative)
faceiksensa (plural translative)
facettaan (abessive singular)
facettansa (abessive singular)
faceittaan (abessive plural)
faceittansa (abessive plural)
faceineen (comitative plural)
faceinensa (comitative plural)
Face (alternative)


face

Inherited from Middle French and Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”). Doublet of faciès.


face

From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).


face

Allor tra fiori e linfe / traen dolci carole / gli Amoretti senz'archi e senza faci […]

1573, Torquato Tasso, Aminta, act I, lines 682–4:

So among flowers and springs cupids partake in gentle dances without arches nor torches.

[…] vide […] ¶ Aiace […] ¶ Fra le dardanie faci arso e splendente ¶ Scagliar rotta la spada, e trarsi l'elmo, ¶ E fulminare immobile col guardo ¶ Ettore che perplesso ivi si tenne

1827, Ugo Foscolo, Le grazie, Felice Le Monnier, published 1848, page 42:

She saw Ajax, burning and shining among the Trojan torches, throw away the broken sword, and take off his helm, and, immobile, stare down Hector, who stood there perplexed.

Learned borrowing from Latin facem (“torch, firebrand”).


face

(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of fa, third-person singular present indicative of fare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


face

second-person singular present imperative active of faciō


face

Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC:

Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

English: face (see there for further descendants)

Geordie English: fyece

Scots: face

Yola: faace

Borrowed from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs.


face

Le chief li desarme et la face.

c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

Li rois regarda li deus freres
A cors bien fais, a faces cleres

The king looked at the two brothers
With their well-built bodies and clear faces

Les signes subsequens est face enflée […]

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 148 of this essay:

the symptoms are the following: swollen face […]

fro-noun

face oblique singular, f (oblique plural faces, nominative singular face, nominative plural faces)

face oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
faces (oblique plural)
face (nominative singular)
faces (nominative plural)
fache (alternative)

Middle French: face

French: face

Norman: fache, fach (Sark)

→ Middle English: face (see there for further descendants)


face

From Old Galician-Portuguese façe, faz, from Latin faciēs. Doublet of fácies.


face

Fă ce vrei.

Azi am făcut niște treburi obositoare.

Ce faci când ajungi acasă?

Mama face mâncare.

Aici o să se facă niște case noi.

În fiecare săptămână îmi fac programul.

(transitive) to make (construct, build, prepare, create, transform)

A făcut ușa să nu mai scârțâie.

O să te fac să-ți pese.

Când am văzut asta, m-a făcut să pufnesc în râs.

When I saw this, it made me burst out laughing.

(transitive) to cause someone to do something

Covorul face mersul în casă mai silențios.

The carpet makes walking in the house less noisy.

Camera asta o s-o facem sufragerie.

We’ll make this room into a living room.

(transitive) to make (render a certain way, turn into)

Mama l-a făcut la 28 de ani.

(transitive, potentially childish) give birth to someone

(transitive) to develop a disease or certain physical features

(transitive) to cover a certain distance

(transitive, informal) to become a certain age

(transitive) to turn one’s path to a certain direction

(impersonal, uncommon) to be advantageous, worth it to do something

(intransitive) to imitate or pretend to be something else, mockingly, deceitfully or humorously [with pe]

(reflexive) to become (adopt a career or path in life)

(reflexive, idiomatic, colloquial) to acquire, get hold of something on short notice

(reflexive, colloquial, chiefly imperative, somewhat rude) to come over immediately, get over here

(reflexive, with ce in direct or indirect questions) to deal with a situation

(reflexive) Introduces a narrative of a vision or a dream.

(reflexive, with dative, of feelings or sensations) to arise, get hold of somebody

Se face târziu.

(reflexive, impersonal) to get (become, change state)

ro-verb

a face (third-person singular present face, past participle făcut) 3rd conjugation

a face 3rd conjugation (canonical)
face (present singular third-person)
făcut (participle past)
a face (infinitive)
făcând (gerund)
făcut (participle past)
fac (first-person indicative present singular)
faci (indicative present second-person singular)
face (indicative present singular third-person)
facem (first-person indicative plural present)
faceți (indicative plural present second-person)
fac (indicative plural present third-person)
făceam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
făceai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
făcea (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
făceam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
făceați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
făceau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
făcui (first-person indicative perfect singular)
făcuși (indicative perfect second-person singular)
făcu (indicative perfect singular third-person)
făcurăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
făcurăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
făcură (indicative perfect plural third-person)
făcusem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
făcuseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
făcuse (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
făcuserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
făcuserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
făcuseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să fac (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să faci (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să facă (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să facem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să faceți (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să facă (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fă (imperative second-person singular)
faceți (imperative plural second-person)
nu face (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu faceți (imperative negative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin facere. The original past participle fapt (< Latin factus) has been replaced by an analogical form. An alternative third-person simple perfect, fece (< Latin fēcit) was also found in some dialects. The sense of “to cost” is likely a loan translation of Greek κάνω (káno).


face

third-person singular present indicative of facer