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Pronunciation
/ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/
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/ˈfeɪ.ʃi.iːz/ · /ˈfeɪ.ʃiˌiz/ · /ˈfeɪ.ʃiz/

Definition of facies

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)General appearance.
    “The insects of these four islands have also a common facies - facts which seem to indicate that some more extensive land has recently disappeared from the area they now occupy, and has supplied them with a few of its peculiar productions.”
    “The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)General appearance.
    “The insects of these four islands have also a common facies - facts which seem to indicate that some more extensive land has recently disappeared from the area they now occupy, and has supplied them with a few of its peculiar productions.”
    “The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
    “costive facies”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
  4. (form-of, plural)plural of facie

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēsbor. English facies Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face.

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