facial

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English

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)

1. (relational) Of or affecting the face.
2. (medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
3. (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.).

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Translations

Noun

facial (plural facials)

1. (medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
2. (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
3. (slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
4. (slang, pornography, sex) A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.

   Synonym: money shot

   Coordinate term: self-facial

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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

• cafila

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faciālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.siˈal]

Adjective

facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)

1. facial

Further reading

• “facial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chinese

Etymology

From English facial.

Pronunciation

Noun

facial

1. (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

• IPA^(key): /fa.sjal/

Adjective

facial (feminine faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales)

1. facial

Derived terms

• valeur faciale

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: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧al

Adjective

facial m or f (plural faciais)

1. facial (of the face)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “facial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “facial”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French facial.

Adjective

facial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine and neuter plural faciale)

1. facial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin faciālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faˈθjal/ [faˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /faˈsjal/ [faˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fa‧cial

Adjective

facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)

1. facial

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “facial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10