"face" meaning in French

See face in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fas/ Audio: Fr-face.ogg Forms: faces [plural]
Rhymes: -as Etymology: Inherited from Middle French and Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”). Doublet of faciès. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French, {{inh+|fr|frm|-}} Inherited from Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|face}} Old French face, {{inh|fr|LL.|facia}} Late Latin facia, {{inh|fr|la|faciēs||face, shape}} Latin faciēs (“face, shape”), {{doublet|fr|faciès}} Doublet of faciès Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} face f (plural faces)
  1. (anatomy) face Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-face-fr-noun-AoLZt59C Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 39 24 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. surface, side Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-face-fr-noun-J-TW8f6p
  3. (geometry) face Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-face-fr-noun-AoLZt59C1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 39 24 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  4. head (of a coin) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-face-fr-noun-lVN8jpD~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 39 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en face, en face de, face à, face cachée, face de rat, faire face, faire face à, perdre la face, pile ou face, sauver la face Related terms: aspect, figure, surface, tête, visage

Inflected forms

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