face/translations

This page contains translations for face. See the main entry for more information.

English

Noun

Translations

anatomy: front part of head

Abkhaz: аҿы (aĉʼə), ахаҿы (axaĉʼə)
Acehnese: rupa, muka
Adyghe: напэ (napɛ), нэгу (nɛgʷu)
Afrikaans: gesig (af)
Ainu: ナン (nan)
Albanian: fytyrë (sq)
Alviri-Vidari: (Vidari) دیم (dim)
Amharic: ፊት m (fit)
Apache:
Western Apache: bínii’
Arabic: وَجْه (ar) m (wajh), مُحَيًّا (ar) m (muḥayyan)
Egyptian Arabic: وش m (wešš), وشوش pl (wušuš, wešuš)

Gulf Arabic: ويه m (wayh)

Hijazi Arabic: وجه m (wajh)

Iraqi Arabic: وچ m (wuč)

Moroccan Arabic: وجه m (wajh)

North Levantine Arabic: وج m (wejj), وش m (wešš)

South Levantine Arabic: وجه m (wijh, wujh)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܦܐܬܐ f (paʾṯā)
Armenian: երես (hy) (eres), դեմք (hy) (demkʻ)
Aromanian: fatsã
Assamese: মুখ (mukh), মুহ (muh)
Asturian: cara (ast) f, rostru (ast) m
Avar: гьумер (humer)
Azerbaijani: üz (az), çöhrə (poetic), sifət (az) (derogatory), sima, bəniz (az)
Baluchi: دیم (dem)
Bashkir: бит (bit), (literary) йөҙ (yöź)
Basque: aurpegi (eu)
Belarusian: твар m (tvar), аблі́чча n (ablíčča), ліцо́ n (licó)
Bengali: মুখ (bn) (mukh)
Bezhta: мотӏо (motʼo)
Bhojpuri: please add this translation if you can
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: pandok (bcl)

Bikol Naga: lalawgon (bcl)
Breton: dremm (br) f, eneb (br) m
Bulgarian: лице́ (bg) n (licé)
Burmese: မျက်နှာ (my) (myakhna)
Buryat: нюур (njuur)
Catalan: cara (ca) f, faç (ca) f (archaism), visatge f (archaism)
Cebuano: nawong
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⴷⵎ m (udm), ⴰⵖⵎⴱⵓⴱ (aɣmbub)
Chadong: na²
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: takano
Chechen: йуьхь (jüḥʳ), юьхь (jüḥʳ)
Cherokee: ᎤᎧᏛᎢ (ukadvi)
Chichewa: nkhope
Chinese:
Cantonese: 面 (min⁶), 臉／脸 (lim⁵)

Dungan: лян (li͡an)

Eastern Min: 面 (méng)

Gan: 面 (mien⁵)

Hakka: 面 (mien)

Hokkien: 臉／脸 (lián), 面 (zh-min-nan) (bīn)

Mandarin: 臉／脸 (zh) (liǎn), 面 (zh) (miàn), 面孔 (zh) (miànkǒng) (formal), 臉兒／脸儿 (zh) (liǎnr)

Northern Min: 面 (mīng)

Wu: 面孔 (⁶mi-khon), 面顴／面颧 (⁶mi-cioe)

Xiang: 臉／脸 (lienn³)
Chuvash: пит (pit)
Classical Nahuatl: īxtli, xāyacatl
Coptic: ϩⲟ m (ho), ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲟⲡⲟⲛ m (prosopon)
Cornish: enep m
Corsican: please add this translation if you can
Crimean Tatar: bet, yüz, çıray
Czech: tvář (cs) f, obličej (cs) m
Danish: ansigt (da) n
Dhivehi: މޫނު (mūnu)
Dutch: gezicht (nl) n, aangezicht (nl) n, gelaat (nl) n
Egyptian:

(ḥr m)
Erzya: чама (čama)
Esperanto: vizaĝo
Estonian: nägu (et)
Evenki: дэрэ (dərə)
Faroese: andlit (fo) n
Finnish: kasvot (fi), naama (fi) (colloquial), pärstä (fi) (colloquial)
French: visage (fr) m, figure (fr) f, face (fr) f
Old French: vis m, visage m, viaire m, face f
Friulian: face f
Galician: cara (gl) f, faciana (gl) f, face (gl) f, rosto m, carís m
Georgian: სახე (saxe)
German: Gesicht (de) n, Angesicht (de) n, Antlitz (de) n, Visage (de) f (unfriendly)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹 n (andaugi), 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 m (wlits), 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 f (siuns)
Greek: πρόσωπο (el) n (prósopo)
Ancient: πρόσωπον n (prósōpon)
Greenlandic: kiinaq
Guaraní: tova
Gujarati: મુખ (gu) (mukh)
Haitian Creole: figi
Hawaiian: maka, helehelena
Hebrew: פָּנִים (he) f pl (paním), פַּרְצוּף (he) m (partsúf)
Hindi: चेहरा (hi) m (cehrā), मुखड़ा (hi) (mukhṛā), मुख (hi) m (mukh)
Hungarian: arc (hu)
Hunsrik: Gesicht n
Icelandic: andlit (is) n
Ido: vizajo (io)
Indonesian: muka (id), wajah (id), paras (id), rupa (id)
Ingrian: liitsa, näkö
Ingush: юхь (juḥʳ)
Irish: aghaidh f, éadan m, gnúis f
Isnag: muxing
Italian: faccia (it) f, viso (it) m, volto (it) m
Japanese: 顔 (ja) (かお, kao), 面 (ja) (つら, tsura), 顔面 (ja) (がんめん, ganmen)
Javanese: rai (jv), pasuryan (jv), rupa (jv), dhapur
Jeju: ᄂᆞᆺ (nawt), 양지 (yangji)
K'iche': palaj
Kalmyk: чирә (çirä)
Kannada: ಆನನ (kn) (ānana), ಮುಖ (kn) (mukha)
Karelian: rožat, silmät
Kashubian: skarń f, twôrz f
Kazakh: бет (kk) (bet), жүз (kk) (jüz), шырай (şyrai)
Khmer: មុខ (km) (muk)
Khowar: موخ (mux)
Komi-Permyak: чужӧм (ćužöm)
Korean: 얼굴 (ko) (eolgul), 낯 (ko) (nat), 안면(顔面) (ko) (anmyeon)
Kuna: wagar
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەموچاو (demuçaw)

Northern Kurdish: rû (ku) m, serçav (ku), dêm (ku) m
Kyrgyz: бет (ky) (bet)
Lao: ໜ້າ (nā)
Latgalian: vaigs m
Latin: faciēs (la) f, vultus m
Latvian: seja (lv) f
Lingao: na³
Lithuanian: veidas (lt) m
Low German: Gesicht n
Lü: ᦐᦱᧉ (ṅaa²)
Luxembourgish: Gesiicht (lb) n
Macedonian: лице (mk) n (lice), лик m (lik)
Magahi: please add this translation if you can
Maguindanao: paras, sangur
Maithili: please add this translation if you can
Malagasy: tarehy (mg)
Malay: muka (ms), wajah (ms)
Malayalam: മുഖം (ml) (mukhaṁ)
Maltese: wiċċ m
Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡝ (dere)
Manx: eddin
Maori: kanohi
Maranao: paras, sangor
Marathi: चेहरा (mr) m (cehrā), तोंड (toṇḍa)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шӱргӧ (šürgö), чурий (čurij)
Mazanderani: دیم
Mohawk: okónhsaʼ
Moksha: шама (šama)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нүүр (mn) (nüür), царай (mn) (caraj)

Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠤᠷ (niɣur), ᠴᠢᠷᠠᠢ (čirai)
Nanai: дэрэл (derel)
Navajo: aniiʼ
Nepali: मोहडा m (mohaḍā), अनुहार (ne) (anuhār)
Norman: fache f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ansikt (no) n, fjes (no) n

Nynorsk: andlet n
Occitan: fàcia (oc) f, cara (oc), visatge
Odia: ମୁଖ (or) (mukhô), ମୁହଁ (or) (muhỗ)
Ojibwe: (my face) indengwaan
Okinawan: ちらー (cirā)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: лице n (lice), ликъ m (likŭ)
Old East Slavic: лицо n (lico), лице n (lice), ликъ m (likŭ)
Old English: ansīen f, andwlita m, nebb n
Old Norse: andlit n
Old Prussian: prusna
Old Tupi: obá
Oromo: fuula (om)
Ossetian: цӕсгом (cæsgom)
Ottoman Turkish: جبهه (cebhe), چهره (çihre), وجه (vech), یوز (yüz), رو (rû)
Pali: mukha n
Pashto: مخ (ps) m (məx), صورت (ps) m (surat), څېره f (śera), تمبيزې f (tambize)
Pennsylvania German: Gsicht n
Persian:
Classical Persian: صُورَت (fa) (sūrat), روی (fa) (rōy), رُخ (fa) (rux), چِهْرَه (fa) (čihra), دیم (fa) (dēm)

Iranian Persian: صورَت (fa) (surat), روی (fa) (ruy), رُخ (fa) (rox), چِهْرِه (fa) (čehre), دیم (fa) (dim)
Pipil: -īshkalyu
Polish: twarz (pl) f, oblicze (pl) n, lico (pl) n (poetic), lice (pl) n (poetic)
Portuguese: face (pt) f, rosto (pt) m, cara (pt) f
Punjabi: ਮੂੰਹ (mū̃h), ਚਿਹਰਾ m (cihrā)
Quechua: uya (qu)
Rohingya: muk
Romagnol: fàza f
Romani: muj m
Romanian: față (ro) f
Romansch: fatscha f
Russian: лицо́ (ru) n (licó), лик (ru) m (lik) (poetic), физионо́мия (ru) f (fizionómija) (unfriendly), обли́чье (ru) n (oblíčʹje) (poetic in this sense), ро́жа (ru) f (róža) (derogatory), мо́рда (ru) f (mórda) (derogatory), ха́ря (ru) f (xárja) (derogatory), ры́ло (ru) n (rýlo) (derogatory), мурло́ (ru) n (murló) (derogatory), еба́ло (ru) n (jebálo) (vulgar, derogatory), ебло́ (ru) n (jebló) (vulgar, derogatory), еба́льник (ru) m (jebálʹnik) (vulgar, derogatory)
Saanich: S¸OŦES
Sami:
Inari: muáđuh

Northern: muođut pl, ámadadju

Skolt: muâđ

Southern: ååredæjja
Sanskrit: अनीक (sa) (anīka), मुख (sa) n (mukha), वदनम् (sa) n (vadanam)
Sardinian: cara f, care fache f, fachi, face, fàcia f, fatza, faci
Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh f, aodann m, gnùis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ли́це n

Roman: líce (sh) n
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Shona: uso, kumeso
Shor: чӱс, шырай
Sicilian: facci (scn) f
Silesian: gymba f
Simeulue: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: මුහුණ (si) (muhuṇa), මූණ (mūṇa)
Slovak: tvár (sk) f, obličaj m
Slovene: obraz (sl) m, lice (sl) n (poetic, now means "cheek")
Somali: weji
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: woblico n

Upper Sorbian: wobličo n
Sotho: sefahleho
Southern Pomo: huʔ:uy
Spanish: cara (es) f, faz (es) f, rostro (es) m, jeta (es) f (colloquial), haz (es) f
Sundanese: rarai, benget
Swahili: uso (sw)
Swedish: ansikte (sv) n, anlete (sv) n, fjäs n, nuna (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠈ (mukó)
Tagalog: mukha (tl)
Tajik: рӯй (tg) (rüy), рӯ (rü), чеҳра (čehra), рӯ (rü), афт (aft), андом (andom), башара (bašara)
Tamil: முகம் (ta) (mukam), மூஞ்சி (ta) (mūñci)
Tarantino: fazze f
Tarifit: udem m, aɣembub m, azenɣur m
Tatar: бит (tt) (bit), йөз (tt) (yöz)
Telugu: ముఖము (te) (mukhamu), మొగము (te) (mogamu)
Thai: หน้า (th) (nâa)
Tibetan: གདོང་པ (gdong pa)
Tigrinya: ገጽ (ti) m (gäṣ)
Tocharian B: särwāna
Tuareg: udǝm m
Turkish: yüz (tr), çehre (tr)
Turkmen: ýüz (tk)
Tuvan: арын (arın)
Udmurt: бам (bam)
Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎐 (pn)
Ukrainian: обли́ччя (uk) n (oblýččja), лице́ n (lycé)
Urdu: چِہْرَہ (ur) m (cihra), مُکھ m (mukh), مُکْھڑا m (mukhṛā)
Uyghur: يۈز (yüz)
Uzbek: yuz (uz)
Venetian: faça f, fasa f, facia (vec) f, faẑa (vec) f
Vietnamese: mặt (vi)
Votic: ńako
Walloon: vizaedje (wa) m, figueure (wa) f
Welsh: wyneb (cy) m
West Frisian: gesicht n
White Hmong: ntsej muag
Yakut: сирэй (sirey)
Yiddish: פּנים n (ponem), צורה f (tsure), געזיכט n (gezikht)
Yoruba: ojú
Yucatec Maya: ich
Zazaki: ri (diq), wec, sıfet (diq), çehre, suret (diq)
Zhuang: naj
Zulu: ubuso (zu) class 14
ǃXóõ: sàʻã

facial expression

Afrikaans: gesig (af)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܦܐ f pl (ʾappē), ܦܪܨܘܦܐ m (parṣōp̄ā)
Armenian: դեմք (hy) (demkʻ)
Asturian: cara (ast) f
Basque: aurpegi (eu)
Bulgarian: грима́са (bg) f (grimása), о́браз (bg) m (óbraz)
Catalan: cara (ca) f, rictus (ca) m, gest (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表情 (zh) (biǎoqíng), 顏／颜 (zh) (yán) (compounds or literary)
Crimean Tatar: yüz
Czech: tvář (cs) f, obličej (cs) m
Danish: ansigt (da) n, ansigtsudtryk n
Dutch: gelaatsuitdrukking (nl) f, gezicht (nl) n
Finnish: ilme (fi), naama (fi)
French: physionomie (fr) f, visage (fr) m
German: Gesicht (de) n, Gesichtsausdruck (de) m
Greek: ύφος (el) m (ýfos), έκφραση (el) f (ékfrasi), μορφασμός (el) m (morfasmós)
Hawaiian: maka
Hebrew: פָּנִים (he) f pl (paním), פַּרְצוּף (he) m (partsúf)
Hungarian: kép (hu), arc (hu), fej (hu)
Irish: dreach m, gnúis f
Italian: faccia (it) f
Japanese: 表情 (ja) (ひょうじょう, hyōjō)
Korean: 표정(表情) (ko) (pyojeong)
Latin: vultus m
Macedonian: грима́са f (grimása)
Maltese: fattizzi
Ngazidja Comorian: uso class 11/10a
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mine (no) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: روی (fa) (ruy), رُخ (fa) (rox), چِهْرِه (fa) (čehre)
Polish: mina (pl) f, wyraz twarzy (pl) f, grymas (pl) m (ugly facial expression)
Portuguese: cara (pt) f, face (pt) f
Russian: выраже́ние лица́ (ru) n (vyražénije licá), грима́са (ru) f (grimása) (usually used for unhappy expressions), ми́на (ru) f (mína), физионо́мия (ru) f (fizionómija)
Slovak: tvár (sk) f
Spanish: gesto (es) m, cara (es) f, mueca (es) f, frente (es) f
Swahili: uso (sw) class 11/12
Swedish: min (sv) c, uppsyn (sv) c
Ukrainian: ви́раз обли́ччя m (výraz oblýččja), грима́са f (hrymása), мі́на f (mína), фізіоно́мія f (fizionómija)
Zazaki: ri (diq), çehre

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Arabic: مَظْهَر m (maẓhar)
Basque: aurpegi (eu)
Belarusian: аблі́чча n (ablíčča), і́мідж m (ímidž)
Bulgarian: и́мидж m (ímidž)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: cara (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 面子 (zh) (miànzi), 颜面 (zh) (yánmiàn), 印象 (zh) (yìnxiàng)
Crimean Tatar: yüz
Danish: facade (da) c
Dutch: gezicht (nl) n
Esperanto: vizaĝo
Finnish: julkisivu (fi), ilme (fi), julkikuva (fi)
French: face (fr) f
German: Gesicht (de) n, Ansehen (de) n
Greek: πρόσωπο (el) f (prósopo), εικόνα (el) f (eikóna)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: faccia (it) f
Japanese: 体面 (ja) (たいめん, taimen), 世間体 (せけんてい, sekentei), 印象 (ja) (いんしょう, inshō)
Khmer: មុខ (km) (muk)
Korean: 체면(體面) (ko) (chemyeon), 인상(印象) (ko) (insang)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: tēls m
Malay: air muka
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anseelse m
Polish: twarz (pl) f, wizerunek (pl) m
Portuguese: face (pt) f
Russian: лицо́ (ru) n (licó), о́блик (ru) m (óblik), и́мидж (ru) m (ímidž)
Spanish: imagen (es) f, cara (es) f, reputación (es) f
Swedish: ansikte (sv) n, anseende (sv) n, prestige (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: སྤམ (spam)
Ukrainian: обли́ччя (uk) n (oblýččja), і́мідж m (ímidž)
Vietnamese: mặt (vi), thể diện (vi)
Zazaki: wec
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

frontal aspect

Finnish: etupuoli (fi), etuseinä, eturinne
Maori: pohonga (of a cliff), taparerenga (of a cliff)
Spanish: frente (es) f, superficie (es) f

figuratively: presence; sight; front

Finnish: uhka (fi) (of danger); kasvot (fi) pl (of God); päivänvalo (fi) (face of the day)

directed force

good reputation; standing in the eyes of others

Esperanto: vizaĝo
Finnish: kasvot (fi) pl
German: Gesicht (de) n, Ansehen (de) n
Spanish: reputación (es) f

shameless confidence

Finnish: otsa (fi)
Hebrew: חוצפה f (khutspá)

surface, especially a front or outer one

Bulgarian: фаса́да (bg) f (fasáda)
Danish: flade c, yderside (da) c
Esperanto: edro, faco
Finnish: etupuoli (fi), etuseinä, eturinne (front); pinta (fi), rinne (fi) (any surface)
French: surface (fr) f, face (fr) f
Hawaiian: alo
Hebrew: חזית (he) f (khazít)
Maori: pohonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: side (no) m
Russian: пове́рхность (ru) f (povérxnostʹ) (surface), фаса́д (ru) m (fasád) (front)
Spanish: lado (es) m, haz (es) f, frente (es) m or f, superficie (es) m
Swahili: uso (sw) class 11/12
Thai: ด้านหน้า (dâan-nâa)

geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron

Afrikaans: kant (af)
Armenian: նիստ (hy) (nist)
Basque: aurpegi (eu)
Bulgarian: стена́ (bg) f (stená)
Catalan: cara (ca) f, faceta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表面 (zh) (biǎomiàn)
Czech: strana (cs) f
Danish: flade c
Dutch: zijde (nl)
Esperanto: edro
Finnish: tahko (fi), taho (fi)
French: face (fr) f
German: Fläche (de) f, Facette (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἕδρα f (hédra)
Hebrew: פָּן (he) m (pan)
Hungarian: lap (hu)
Ido: edro (io)
Italian: faccia (it) f
Japanese: 面 (ja) (めん, men)
Korean: 면(面) (ko) (myeon)
Latin: facies (la) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flate (no) m, side (no) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: وَجْه (fa) (vajh)
Polish: ściana (pl) f
Portuguese: face (pt) f, lado (pt) m
Romanian: față (ro) f
Russian: грань (ru) f (granʹ)
Spanish: faz (es) f, cara (es) f, lado (es) m
Swedish: yta (sv) c

numbered dial of a clock or watch — see clockface

slang: the mouth

Danish: kæft c
Dutch: bakkes (nl) m
Finnish: naama (fi), turpa (fi)
French: gueule (fr) f
Hungarian: pofa (hu)
Indonesian: bacot (id) (vulgar)
Javanese: bacot (jv), cocot (jv), congor (jv) (all vulgar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjeft (no) m
Polish: japa (pl) f, morda (pl) f, jadaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: matraca (pt) f
Russian: ро́жа (ru) f (róža), фейс (ru) m (fɛjs)
Swedish: käft (sv) c

slang: makeup — see makeup

professional wrestling: hedlining wrestler

Spanish: (especially Mexico) técnico (es) m

cricket: front surface of a bat

Afrikaans: voorkant
Finnish: etupuoli (fi)
Japanese: フェイス (feisu)

golf: part of a golf club that hits the ball

Finnish: lyöntipinta

cards: side that shows card's value

Finnish: kuvapuoli
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fremside m or f

width of a pulley

Finnish: leveys (fi)

typography: typeface — see typeface

mode of regard

Finnish: kasvot (fi) pl (esp. of God); ilme (fi)

informal: amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc. — see face value

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Basque: ^{(please verify)} aurpegi (eu), ^{(please verify)} begitarte, ^{(please verify)} imintzio
Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} nawung
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} ova (t-)
Ilocano: ^{(please verify)} rupa
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} wajah (id), ^{(please verify)} rupa (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} facie
Latin: ^{(please verify)} faciēs (la) (4)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} چهره (fa) (čehre)
Pitjantjatjara: ^{(please verify)} yunpa, ^{(please verify)} mulya
Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} frente (pt) m
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} față (ro) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cariz (es) m
Surigaonon: ^{(please verify)} wayong
Tausug: ^{(please verify)} bayhu'
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} obá (t-)
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} лице́ n (lycé)

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