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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 faciēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin faciālisbor.
English facial

    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).

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    facial (not comparable)

    1. (relational) Of or affecting the face.
    2. (medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
    3. (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.
      • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:
        Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.

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    Noun

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    facial (plural facials)

    1. (medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
    2. (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 […]
    3. (slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
    4. (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.
      • 2021, Rachel Thompson, chapter 5, in Rough, Random House:
        For the piece she spoke to two women who said they enjoy facials, and who described the act as ‘the mark of a job well done’ and ‘really hot’. But Reid concludes that she herself finds facials deeply unpleasant.

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    Catalan

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      Borrowed from Latin faciālis.

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      facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural facials)

      1. facial
        músculs facials
        facial muscles

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      Chinese

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      Etymology

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      From English facial.

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      facial

      1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) facial; personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face
        做facial [Cantonese]  ―  zou6 fei1 sou4 [Jyutping]  ―  to have a facial treatment

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      French

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      From Latin faciālis.

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

      1. facial

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      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 faciēs
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
      Proto-Indo-European *-is
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
      Proto-Italic *-ālis
      Latin -ālis
      Latin faciālisbor.
      Portuguese facial

        Borrowed from Latin faciālis.

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        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fa.siˈaw/ [fa.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /faˈsjaw/ [faˈsjaʊ̯]
         

        • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
        • Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧al

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        facial m or f (plural faciais)

        1. facial (of the face)

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French facial.

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

        1. facial

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        Declension of facial
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative-
        accusative         		indefinite facial facială faciali faciale
        definite facialul faciala facialii facialele
        genitive-
        dative         		indefinite facial faciale faciali faciale
        definite facialului facialei facialilor facialelor

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        Etymology

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        From Latin faciālis.

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        facial m or f (masculine and feminine plural faciales)

        1. facial

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