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Hair on, or from, the face of a human, such as the eyebrows, beard or moustache.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: face pubes
Antonyms: none provided
Hair on, or from, the face of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A single hair on, or from, the face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hair
Narrower terms: beard, face fungus, whiskers, mustache, moustache, sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers
From facial + hair. First use appears c. 1830, in the Morning Herald.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
鬍子 /胡子
(húzi)
— hair on the face of a human
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Danish:
ansigtsbehåring
— hair on the face of a human
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Danish:
ansigtshår
— hair on the face of a human
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Dutch:
gezichtsbeharing
— hair on the face of a human
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Finnish:
kasvojen karvoitus
— hair on the face of a human
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Finnish:
naamakarvoitus
— hair on the face of a human
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French:
poils du visage
— hair on the face of a human
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French:
pilosité faciale
— hair on the face of a human
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German:
Gesichtsbehaarung
— hair on the face of a human
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Hungarian:
arcszőrzet
— hair on the face of a human
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Irish:
gruaig aghaidhe
— hair on the face of a human
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Japanese:
ヒゲ
(hige)
— hair on the face of a human
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ansiktshår
— hair on the face of a human
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ansiktshår
— hair on the face of a human
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Polish:
zarost
— hair on the face of a human
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Portuguese:
pelo facial
— hair on the face of a human
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Romanian:
păr facial
— hair on the face of a human
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Russian:
во́лосы на лице́
(vólosy na licé)
— hair on the face of a human
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Spanish:
vello facial
— hair on the face of a human
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Swedish:
ansiktshår
— hair on the face of a human
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Ukrainian:
волосся на обличчі
(volossja na oblyčči)
— hair on the face of a human
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Vietnamese:
lông mặt
— hair on the face of a human
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Welsh:
blew'r wyneb
— hair on the face of a human
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Chinese Mandarin:
毛
(máo)
— hair on the face of an animal
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Finnish:
naamakarvoitus
— hair on the face of an animal
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Polish:
owłosienie twarzy
— hair on the face of an animal
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Portuguese:
pelo facial
— hair on the face of an animal