faceto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French facette. Compare English facet, German Facette, Polish faseta, Russian фасе́т (fasét), Spanish faceta, Italian faccétta, Catalan faceta, Portuguese faceta. By surface analysis, faco + -et- + -o.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /faˈt͡seto/
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification: fa‧ce‧to
=== Noun ===
faceto (accusative singular faceton, plural facetoj, accusative plural facetojn)
facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
faceto de brilianto ― facet of a brilliant
faceto de kristaloj ― facet of crystals
faceto de prismo ― facet of a prism
(figurative) facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Synonyms: perspektivo, flanko
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“faceto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin facētus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /faˈt͡ʃɛ.to/
Rhymes: -ɛto
Hyphenation: fa‧cè‧to
=== Adjective ===
faceto (feminine faceta, masculine plural faceti, feminine plural facete)
witty, humorous, facetious
==== Related terms ====
facezia
=== Further reading ===
faceto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
focate
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faˈkeː.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈt͡ʃɛː.to]
Hyphenation: fa‧cē‧tō
=== Adjective ===
facētō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of facētus
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
faceto
first-person singular present indicative of facetar
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /faˈθeto/ [faˈθe.t̪o] (Spain)
IPA(key): /faˈseto/ [faˈse.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification: fa‧ce‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin facētus.
==== Adjective ====
faceto (feminine faceta, masculine plural facetos, feminine plural facetas)
(Mexico) witty, humorous, facetious
(Mexico) synonym of presuntuoso
(proscribed) synonym of chistoso
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
faceto
first-person singular present indicative of facetar
=== Further reading ===
“faceto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025