facet

English

various facet patterns for diamonds

facets in the compound eye of a dragonfly

Alternative forms

• facette (obsolete)

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

Late Latin faciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Late Latin -iēs

Late Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle French face

French face

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ette

French facettebor.

English facet

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• enPR: făs′ĭt
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfæs.ɪt/

  • Audio (US):

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ɪt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.ət/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ɪt/
• Rhymes: -æsɪt
• Hyphenation: fac‧et

Noun

facet (plural facets)

1. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

   This facet of the diamond was masterfully cut to enhance its value.

2. (figurative) One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.

   Synonym: aspect

   The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.

3. One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.

   We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.

4. (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
5. (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.

   the articular facet of a bone

6. (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
7. (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
8. (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
9. (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.

Derived terms

• articular facet
• facetal
• facetectomy
• faceter
• facetlike
• facet name
• facet syndrome
• geofacet
• microfacet
• multifacet
• multifaceted
• subfacet

Translations

any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem

• Arabic: سَطْح m (saṭḥ)
• Armenian: նիստ (hy) (nist)
• Asturian: faceta f
• Bulgarian: стена́ (bg) f (stená)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻面 (kèmiàn)

• Czech: fazeta f
• Danish: facet c, flade c
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Esperanto: faceto (eo)
• Finnish: taho (fi), fasetti (fi), viiste (fi)
• French: facette (fr) f
• Galician: faceta (gl) f, face (gl) f
• German: Facette (de) f
• Gujarati: પાસું n (pāsũ), પાસાં n pl (pāsā̃)
• Hindi: कटाव (hi) m (kaṭāv)
• Icelandic: flötur (is) m, fægiflötur m
• Indonesian: faset (id)
• Italian: faccetta (it) f, sfaccettatura f, sfaccettature f pl
• Japanese: 小面 (しょうめん, shōmen), ファセット (fasetto)
• Marathi: पैलू m (pailū)
• Persian: تراش (fa) (tarâš), وجه (vajh), سطح sg (sath), سطوح (fa) pl (sotuh)
• Polish: faseta (pl) f
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲੂ m (pahilū)
• Russian: грань (ru) f (granʹ)
• Sanskrit: स्फटिकपटल n (sphaṭikapaṭala), स्फटिकपटलानि n pl (sphaṭikapaṭalāni)
• Slovak: fazeta f
• Spanish: faceta (es) f
• Swedish: fasett (sv)
• Tagalog: tapyas
• Turkish: façeta (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: فاچته (façeta)

one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things

• Arabic: جَانِب m (jānib)
• Armenian: երես (hy) (eres)
• Asturian: faceta f
• Bulgarian: страна́ (bg) f (straná)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面 (zh) (miàn), 方面 (zh) (fāngmiàn)

• Danish: facet c, side (da) c
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Esperanto: faceto (eo)
• Finnish: puoli (fi)
• Galician: faceta (gl) f
• Gujarati: પહેલુ n (pahelu), પહેલા n pl (pahelā)
• Hindi: पहलू (hi) m (pahlū)
• Italian: aspetto (it), sfaccettatura f, sfaccettature f pl
• Japanese: 面 (ja) (めん, men), 様相 (ja) (ようそう, yōsō)
• Korean: 면 (ko) (myeon), 양상 (ko) (yangsang)
• Kyrgyz: аспект (ky) (aspekt), кыр (ky) (kır), этап (ky) (etap), чет (ky) (cet)
• Marathi: पैलू m (pailū)
• Persian: جنبه (fa) sg (janbe), جنبه‌ها pl (janbe-hâ)
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲੂ m (pahilū)
• Russian: аспе́кт (ru) m (aspékt), сторона́ (ru) f (storoná), грань (ru) f (granʹ)
• Sanskrit: पक्ष (sa) m (pakṣa)
• Spanish: faceta (es) f
• Swedish: sida (sv) c

one of a series of things, such as steps in a project

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面 (zh) (miàn), 方面 (zh) (fāngmiàn)

• Dutch: fase (nl) f
• Finnish: vaihe (fi), askel (fi)
• French: volet (fr) m
• German: Facette (de) f
• Gujarati: અવકાશ m (avakāś), અવકાશો m pl (avakāśo)
• Hindi: पहलू (hi) m (pahlū)
• Italian: sfaccettatura f, sfaccettature f pl
• Marathi: पैलू m (pailū)
• Persian: مرحله (fa) sg (marhale), مراحل (fa) pl (marâhel)
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲੂ m (pahilū)
• Russian: эта́п (ru) m (etáp), часть (ru) f (častʹ)
• Sanskrit: पक्ष (sa) m (pakṣa)

anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans

• Bulgarian: фасе́та (bg) f (faséta)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Czech: faceta f
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Finnish: silmäkeila
• French: facette (fr) f, ommatidie (fr) f (anatomy)
• German: Facette (de) f
• Gujarati: પાસું n (pāsũ), પાસાં n pl (pāsā̃)
• Hindi: आंतरिक कोशिका f (āntrik kośikā), आंतरिक कोशिकाएँ f pl (āntrik kośikāẽ), फासेट m (phāseṭ)
• Icelandic: smáauga n
• Indonesian: faset (id)
• Italian: facetta f, facette f pl
• Marathi: अवयव m (avyav), दृष्टि कोशिका f (dŕṣṭi kośikā)
• Persian: سطح sg (sath), سطوح (fa) pl (sotuh)
• Polish: fasetka f
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅੰਗ (pa) m (aṅga), ਫਾਸੇਟ m (phāseṭ)
• Russian: фасе́тка (ru) f (fasétka)
• Sanskrit: दृष्टि कोशिका f (dṛṣṭi kośikā), दृष्टि कोशिकाः f pl (dṛṣṭi kośikāḥ)
• Spanish: faceta (es) f, omatidio m (anatomy)

Verb

facet (third-person singular simple present facets, present participle (US) faceting or (UK) facetting, simple past and past participle (US) faceted or (UK) facetted)

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Translations

to cut a facet into a gemstone

• Azerbaijani: yonmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: шлифовам (bg) (šlifovam)
• Danish: facettere
• Esperanto: faceti
• Finnish: hioa (fi)
• French: facetter (fr)
• Gujarati: પાછળ દોરીને કાપવું (pāchaḷ dorīne kāpvũ, literally “to cut the surface”)
• Hindi: कटाव करना (kaṭāv karnā, literally “to do cutting”)
• Italian: sfaccettare (it) (literally “to facet”)
• Marathi: पैलू कापणे (pailū kāpṇe, literally “to cut a facet”)
• Persian: سطح تراشیدن (sath tarāshidan, literally “to cut a surface”)
• Portuguese: facetar (pt), lapidar (pt)
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲੂ ਕੱਟਣਾ (pahilū kaṭṭaṇā, literally “to cut a facet”)
• Russian: ограни́ть (ru) (ogranítʹ)
• Sanskrit: स्फटिकपटलं कर्तुम् (sphaṭikapaṭalaṃ kartum, literally “to make a facet”)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette (“facet”), diminutive of face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasɛt/, [faˈsɛd̥]

Noun

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

Declension

Declension of facet

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	facet	facetten	facetter	facetterne
genitive	facets	facettens	facetters	facetternes

Further reading

• facet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “facet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːˈsɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fa‧cet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

Derived terms

• facetoog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: faset
• → Indonesian: faset

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin facētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡sɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡sɛt
• Syllabification: fa‧cet

Noun

facet m pers (female equivalent facetka, diminutive facecik)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

   Synonyms: typ, typiarz

2. (slang) teacher

Declension

Declension of facet

	singular	plural
nominative	facet	faceci/facety (deprecative)
genitive	faceta	facetów
dative	facetowi	facetom
accusative	faceta	facetów
instrumental	facetem	facetami
locative	facecie	facetach
vocative	facecie	faceci

Descendants

• → Belarusian: фацэ́т (facét)

Further reading

• “facet”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “facet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)