facies en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈfeɪ.ʃiz/ (General-American)
- /ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/ (General-American)
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- /ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) General appearance.
The insects of these four islands have also a common facies - facts which seem to indicate that some more extensive land has recently disappeared from the area they now occupy, and has supplied them with a few of its peculiar productions.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 106:The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
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(countable, uncountable) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
costive facies
- (countable, uncountable) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| facies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
facies Hippocratica · asymmetric crying facies · Williams elfin facies syndrome
Translations (1)
es facies (Translations)