facies

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/, /ˈfeɪ.ʃiz/ Rhymes: -eɪʃiiːz, -eɪʃiːz ==== Noun ==== facies (countable and uncountable, plural facies) General appearance. (medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions. Hyponyms: masked facies, moon facies (geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content. Hyponyms: biofacies, lithofacies, microfacies, ichnofacies, taphofacies ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== “facies”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “facies”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== facies plural of facie === Anagrams === Scaife == Latin == === Etymology === From faciō +‎ -iēs. The term faciēs is to faciō as speciēs is to speciō, literally meaning "a make, imposed form". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.ki.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.es] === Verb === faciēs second-person singular future active indicative of faciō === Noun === faciēs f (genitive faciēī); fifth declension (in general) make, form, shape, figure, configuration Synonyms: speciēs, frōns, fōrma, habitus (usually Classical Latin) a particular face, countenance or visage (Classical Latin, figuratively) external form, look, condition, appearance in faciem + (genitive) ― like, in the guise of (in particular) external appearance as opposed to reality; pretence, pretext (transferred sense, poetic) look, sight, aspect Synonym: speciēs beauty, loveliness Synonyms: pulchritūdō, decus, decor ==== Usage notes ==== The word for facial expression or for face as conveying a particular expression is normally vultus. ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun. ==== Alternative forms ==== facia (Late Latin) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “facies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “facies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers facies in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti "facies", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “facies”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “facies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 355 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin faciēs. Doublet of faz and haz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaθjes/ [ˈfa.θjes] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈfasjes/ [ˈfa.sjes] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθjes (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -asjes (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: fa‧cies === Noun === facies f (plural facies) facies === Further reading === “facies”, 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