fauce

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faux, fauce. Doublet of the inherited foce.

Noun

fauce f (plural fauci)

  1. jaw
  2. mouth (of a volcano etc)

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fauce

  1. ablative singular of faux

Middle French

Alternative forms

Adjective

fauce

  1. feminine singular of faux

Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fauces

Noun

fauce f (plural fauces)

  1. (usually in the plural) jaw (of animal)
  2. mouth (of volcano)
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