• ttbc Basque: aurpegi, begitarte, imintzio
• ttbc Cebuano: nawung
• ttbc Guarani: ova (t-)
• ttbc Hawaiian: maka, helehelena, alo
• ttbc Ilocano: rupa
• ttbc Indonesian: wajah, rupa
• ttbc Interlingua: facie
• ttbc Latin: facies (4)
• ttbc Persian: (chehreh)
• ttbc Pitjantjatjara: yunpa, mulya
• ttbc Romanian: faţă
• ttbc Spanish: lado, cariz, haz, frente, superficie
• ttbc Surigaonon: wayong
• ttbc Tamazight: audm
• ttbc Tausug: bayhu'
• Tupinambá: obá (t-)
• ttbc Ukrainian: лице (lytsé)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (cháo)

• Danish: vende sig mod
• Dutch: zich richten naar, zich richten (op)
• Finnish: olla (johonkin) päin
• French: faire face à
• German: sich ausrichten
• Hebrew:
• Japanese: 向かう (むかう, mukau)
• Korean: 향하다 (向하다, hyanghada)
• Polish: obrócić się (w stronę/do czegoś)
• Portuguese: encarar
• Russian: предстать (obsolete)
• Spanish: encarar, mirar
• Swedish: vända sig mot

• Danish: være vendt mod
• Dutch: naar ... (gericht) staan
• Finnish: olla (johonkin) päin
• German: etwas (an etwas) anlehnen (face something), stellen
• Hebrew:
• Korean: 향하다
• Portuguese: encarar
• Swedish: vara vänd mot

• ttbc Indonesian: menghadap (1), menghadapi (2)
• ttbc Interlingua: esser de fronte a (1), confrontar, facer fronte a (2)
• ttbc Persian: (ruyaru'i)
• ttbc Romanian: poziţiona, îndrepta, (1) întâlni (2)
• ttbc Turkish: yüz

See also

• Wikipedia article on the face (in anatomy)

External links

• MathWorld article on geometrical faces

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fr-noun f

1. face (anatomy)
2. surface, side
3. face (geometry)

Derived terms

See also

Italian

Verb

face

1. third-person singular indicative present of fare

Romanian

Etymology

facere

Pronunciation

Verb

1. do, make
2. to be made, to be done

Conjugation

See also

• înfăptui
• face dragoste

For the novel, see Face (Benjamin Zephaniah). For other uses, see Face (disambiguation).

The face is the front part of the head and includes the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, teeth, skin, and chin. The face is used for expression, appearance, and identity amongst others.

The face as a means of recognition

The face is the feature which best distinguishes a person, often at first glance. It is unique to each person.

Caricatures often exaggerate facial features to make a face easily recognized in association with a pronounced portion of the face of the individual in question—for example, a caricature of Osama bin Laden might focus on his facial hair and nose; a caricature of George W. Bush might enlarge his ears to the size of an elephant's; a caricature of Jay Leno may pronounce his head and chin; a caricature of John McCain might pronounce his demon like teeth, or white hair and wrinkles; and a caricature of Mick Jagger might enlarge his lips. Exaggeration of memorable features helps people to recognize others when presented in a caricature form.

Cosmetic surgery is often used to alter the appearance of the facial features.

See also

• Making a face
• Prosopagnosia
• Face perception
• Diprosopus

References

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