noun
Meaning 1
General appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
facies
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/
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General-American: /ˈfeɪ.ʃiz/
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rhymes with -eɪʃiiːz
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rhymes with -eɪʃiːz
noun
Meaning 2
Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- costive facies
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noun
Meaning 3
A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
plural of facie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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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 faciēsbor. English facies Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Real reading context