English

Adjective

facial ‎(comparative more facial, superlative most facial)

1. Of or affecting the face.
2. (law, by extension) (of a law or regulation validity) on its face; as it appears (as opposed to as it is applied)

   The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Translations

Noun

facial ‎(plural facials)

1. 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, in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face.
4. (slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.

   He gave his wife a creamy facial.

Related terms

• facially

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

facial m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural facials)

1. facial

   músculs facials‎

   facial muscles

French

Adjective

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

1. facial

Portuguese

Adjective

facial m, f ‎(plural faciais, comparable)

1. facial (of the face)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [faˈθjal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): [faˈsjal]

Adjective

facial m, f ‎(plural faciales)

1. facial