facial

Meaning

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.

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

facial

im Gesicht

Gesichts

veçhi

προσωπικός

yüze ait

maschera di bellezza

facial

αναφερόμενος στο πρόσωπο

προσώπου

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).