facial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
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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- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? 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).
Meanings
- (not-comparable, relational) Of or affecting the face.
- (not-comparable, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:transferred sense) (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.).
Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.
2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Deriveds
enantiofacial · distofacial · acrofacial · rhinofacial · cardiofacial · musculofacial · midfacial · oculomandibulofacial · facial tissue · odontofacial · Nablus mask-like facial syndrome · parafacial · facialist · labiofacial · occipitofacial · interfacial · microfacial · nonfacial · heterofacial · craniofacial · facio- · facial profiling · epifacial · idiopathic facial aseptic granuloma · minifacial · orthofacial · cytofacial · vajacial · equifacial · facial cream · immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome · perifacial · transfacial · facial soap · unifacial · zygomaticofacial · basifacial · facial artery · endofacial · cephalofacial · cofacial · multifacial · craniomaxillofacial · facial mask · facial angle · mesofacial · hemimaxillofacial · temporofacial · nasofacial · facial hair · oromaxillofacial · buccofacial · intrafacial · subfacial · facialness · linguofacial · mandibulofacial · facial nerve · velocardiofacial · facial pubes · panfacial · oculofacial · gustofacial · trigeminofacial · facial disc · centrofacial · orofacial · encephalofacial · bifacial · devil facial tumor disease · omnifacial · dentofacial · facial composite · mesiofacial · trifacial · dentomaxillofacial · retrofacial · facially · facial expression · brachyfacial · transverse facial artery · lithofacial · faciality · facial feature · suprafacial · facial yoga · exofacial · facial discrimination · dolichofacial · hemifacial · facialize · brachiofacial · acousticofacial · prefacial · cervicofacial · maxillofacial · urofacial · extrafacial
Translations (23)
bg лицев (of the face) · cmn 顏面的 /颜面的 (of the face) · ky тышы (of the face) · ml മുഖ (of the face) · ru лицево́й (of the face) · ky алды (of the face) · sv ansikts- (of the face) · es facial (of the face) · it facciale (of the face) · de Gesichts- (of the face) · ky өңү (of the face) · pt facial (of the face) · af gesigs- (of the face) · gl facial (of the face) · fi kasvo- (of the face) · mr चेहर्यासंबंधी (of the face) · es fisonómico (of the face) · ca facial (of the face) · te ముఖ (of the face) · eo vizaĝa (of the face) · cmn 面 (of the face) · cs obličejový (of the face) · fr facial (of the face)