facial

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfeɪʃəl/

Adjective

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.

Translations

• French: facial
• German: Gesichts
• Italian: facciale
• Portuguese: facial
• Russian: лицево́й
• Spanish: facial

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

Translations

• French: faciale

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