# facial
## English
### 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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

### Adjective

facial (not comparable)
* (relational) Of or affecting the face.
* (medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
* (transferred sense, law) (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.).
    The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

* acousticofacial
* acrofacial
* basifacial
* bifacial
* brachiofacial
* brachyfacial
* buccofacial
* cardiofacial
* centrofacial
* cephalofacial
* cervicofacial
* cofacial
* craniofacial
* craniomaxillofacial
* cytofacial
* dentofacial
* dentomaxillofacial
* devil facial tumor disease
* distofacial
* dolichofacial
* enantiofacial
* encephalofacial
* endofacial
* epifacial
* equifacial
* exofacial
* extrafacial
* facial angle
* facial artery
* facial composite
* facial cream
* facial disc
* facial discrimination
* facial expression
* facial feature
* facial hair
* facialist
* faciality
* facialize
* facially
* facial mask
* facial nerve
* facialness
* facial profiling
* facial soap
* facial tissue
* facial yoga
* facio-
* gustofacial
* hemifacial
* hemimaxillofacial
* heterofacial
* interfacial
* intrafacial
* labiofacial
* linguofacial
* lithofacial
* mandibulofacial
* maxillofacial
* mesiofacial
* mesofacial
* microfacial
* midfacial
* minifacial
* multifacial
* musculofacial
* nasofacial
* nonfacial
* occipitofacial
* oculofacial
* oculomandibulofacial
* odontofacial
* omnifacial
* orofacial
* oromaxillofacial
* orthofacial
* panfacial
* parafacial
* perifacial
* prefacial
* retrofacial
* rhinofacial
* subfacial
* suprafacial
* temporofacial
* transfacial
* transverse facial artery
* trifacial
* trigeminofacial
* unifacial
* urofacial
* vajacial
* velocardiofacial
* zygomaticofacial

#### Translations
### Noun

facial (plural facials)
* (medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
* (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
** 2004, Simon Popple, Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory, page 92:But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]
* (slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
* (slang, pornography, sex) A sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.
    Synonym: money shot
    Coordinate term: self-facial
    Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.

#### Derived terms

* brachiofacial
* cryofacial
* vampire facial

#### Translations
### References

* “facial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “facial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* cafila

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faciālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fə.siˈal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fa.siˈal]

### Adjective

facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)
* facial
    músculs facialsfacial muscles

### Further reading

* “facial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English facial.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^1$ sou$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$ sou$^4$
*** Yale: fēi sòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$ sou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$ sou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵ sou̯²¹/

### Noun

facial
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) facial; personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face
    做facial [Cantonese] ― zou$^6$ fei$^1$ sou$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to have a facial treatment

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## French
### Etymology

From Latin faciālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.sjal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

facial (feminine faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales)
* facial

#### Derived terms

* valeur faciale

### Further reading

* “facial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faciālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.siˈaw/ [fa.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /faˈsjaw/ [faˈsjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐˈsjal/ [fɐˈsjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐˈsjal/ [fɐˈsjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɐˈsja.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧al

### Adjective

facial m or f (plural faciais)
* facial (of the face)

#### Derived terms

* basifacial
* bifacial
* braquifacial
* craniofacial
* craniomaxilofacial
* creme facial
* equifacial
* expressão facial
* facialmente
* harmonização facial
* maxilofacial
* orofacial
* temporofacial
* unifacial

### Further reading

* “facial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “facial”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French facial.

### Adjective

facial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine and neuter plural faciale)
* facial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin faciālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /faˈθjal/ [faˈθjal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /faˈsjal/ [faˈsjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: fa‧cial

### Adjective

facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)
* facial

#### Derived terms

* facialmente
* valor facial

#### Related terms

* acera
* faz
* superficie

### Further reading

* “facial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10