Phrase guide

facial hair

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: face pubes

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Hair on, or from, the face of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A single hair on, or from, the face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

Narrower terms: beard, face fungus, whiskers, mustache, moustache, sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers

History

Etymology

From facial + hair. First use appears c. 1830, in the Morning Herald.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬍子 /胡子 (húzi) — hair on the face of a human
  • Danish: ansigtsbehåring — hair on the face of a human
  • Danish: ansigtshår — hair on the face of a human
  • Dutch: gezichtsbeharing — hair on the face of a human
  • Finnish: kasvojen karvoitus — hair on the face of a human
  • Finnish: naamakarvoitus — hair on the face of a human
  • French: poils du visage — hair on the face of a human
  • French: pilosité faciale — hair on the face of a human
  • German: Gesichtsbehaarung — hair on the face of a human
  • Hungarian: arcszőrzet — hair on the face of a human
  • Irish: gruaig aghaidhe — hair on the face of a human
  • Japanese: ヒゲ (hige) — hair on the face of a human
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ansiktshår — hair on the face of a human
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ansiktshår — hair on the face of a human
  • Polish: zarost — hair on the face of a human
  • Portuguese: pelo facial — hair on the face of a human
  • Romanian: păr facial — hair on the face of a human
  • Russian: во́лосы на лице́ (vólosy na licé) — hair on the face of a human
  • Spanish: vello facial — hair on the face of a human
  • Swedish: ansiktshår — hair on the face of a human
  • Ukrainian: волосся на обличчі (volossja na oblyčči) — hair on the face of a human
  • Vietnamese: lông mặt — hair on the face of a human
  • Welsh: blew'r wyneb — hair on the face of a human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毛 (máo) — hair on the face of an animal
  • Finnish: naamakarvoitus — hair on the face of an animal
  • Polish: owłosienie twarzy — hair on the face of an animal
  • Portuguese: pelo facial — hair on the face of an animal