adj
Meaning 1
Of or affecting the face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
facial
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
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rhymes with -eɪʃəl
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CMU ARPABET: F EY1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
(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.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: transferred sense
Topics: law
Examples
- The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
(in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle, media, pornography, sex, sexuality
Examples
- Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: money shot
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or concerning the face
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a facial massage
- facial hair
- facial expression
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beauty treatment, skin care, skincare
noun
Meaning 11
cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranial nerve
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti 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 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).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: gesigs- — of the face
- Bulgarian: лицев (licev) — of the face
- Catalan: facial — of the face
- Chinese Mandarin: 面 (miàn) — of the face
- Chinese Mandarin: 顏面的 /颜面的 (yánmiàn de) — of the face
- Czech: obličejový — of the face
- Esperanto: vizaĝa — of the face
- Finnish: kasvo- — of the face
- French: facial — of the face
- Galician: facial — of the face
- German: Gesichts- — of the face
- Italian: facciale — of the face
- Kyrgyz: тышы (tışı) — of the face
- Kyrgyz: өңү (öŋü) — of the face
- Kyrgyz: алды (aldı) — of the face
- Malayalam: മുഖ (mukha) — of the face
- Marathi: चेहर्यासंबंधी (ceharyāsambandhī) — of the face
- Portuguese: facial — of the face
- Russian: лицево́й (licevój) — of the face
- Spanish: facial — of the face
- Spanish: fisonómico — of the face
- Swedish: ansikts- — of the face
- Telugu: ముఖ (mukha) — of the face
- Chinese Cantonese: facial (fei1 sou4) — beauty treatment
- Chinese Mandarin: 面部護理 /面部护理 (miànbù hùlǐ) — beauty treatment
- Finnish: kasvohoito — beauty treatment
- Galician: facial — beauty treatment
- Marathi: फेशियल (pheśiyal) — beauty treatment
- Polish: maseczka — beauty treatment
- Swedish: ansiktsbehandling — beauty treatment
- Chinese Mandarin: 顏射 /颜射 (yánshè) — sex act
- French: faciale — sex act
- Galician: facial — sex act
- Japanese: 顔射 (gansha) — sex act
- Korean: 얼굴 사정 (eolgul sajeong) — sex act
- Korean: 얼싸 (eolssa) — sex act
- Marathi: फेशियल (pheśiyal) — sex act
Real reading context