facial

Adj

1. (not-comparable, relational) Of or affecting the face.
2. (not-comparable, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
3. (not-comparable) (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.).

Noun

1. A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
2. A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
3. (slang) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
4. (slang) A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

seventh cranial nerve

facial nerve

nervus facialis

frontal

head-on

positive

pro

rubdown

beauty treatment

massage

💆

front face

facade

frontal surface

face

front

Translations

facial

facial

facciale

fazial

twarzowy

facial

im Gesicht

Gesichts

veçhi

προσωπικός

yüze ait

maschera di bellezza

facial

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