FACE - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary (2025)

noun: [of person] visage, figure; [of animal] face; (=outward aspect) [of city, industry, countryside] visage [...]

transitive verb: (=look towards) [person] faire face à; [window, door] faire face à; [building, room, street, square, park] donner sur; (=be confronted with) [problem, difficulty] être confronté (être confrontée) à [...]

transitive verb: (=be facing) [person, object] estar de cara a; (=be opposite) estar enfrente de; [room, building] (=overlook) dar a, tener vista a [...]

intransitive verb: [person, animal] (=look) mirar hacia; (=turn) volverse hacia [...]

English-German

noun: Gesicht nt; (= expression) Gesicht(sausdruck m) nt; (of clock) Zifferblatt nt; (= rock face) (Steil)wand f; (= coalface) Streb m; (= typeface) Schriftart f; (of playing card) Bildseite f; (of coin) Vorderseite f; (of house) Fassade f [...]

transitive verb: (= be opposite, have one’s face towards) gegenüber sein (+dat), gegenüberstehen/-liegen etc (+dat); (window, door) north, south gehen nach; street, garden etc liegen zu; (building, room) north, south liegen nach; park, street liegen zu; (fig) possibility, prospect rechnen müssen mit; (= meet confidently) situation, danger, criticism sich stellen (+dat); person, enemy gegenübertreten (+dat); (inf: = put up with, bear) verkraften (inf); another drink, cake etc runterkriegen (inf) [...]

intransitive verb: (house, room) liegen (towards park dem Park zu, onto road zur Straße, away from road nicht zur Straße); (window) gehen (onto, towards auf +acc, zu, away from nicht auf +acc) [...]

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English-Italian

noun: (gen) faccia; (anatomy) faccia, volto, viso [...]

transitive verb: (be facing, be opposite) essere di fronte a; (overlook) (road) dare su; (sea) guardare verso; (confront, attacker, danger) affrontare [...]

intransitive verb: it faces east towards the east: è esposto/a a est or guarda verso est [...]

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English-Chinese

noun: [count] (Anatomy) ; [count] (expression) 表情; [count] (of clock) 正面; [count] (of mountain, cliff) 陡面 [...]

transitive verb: (direction:person) 面向; (:building, seat, car) ; (confront) 面临; (unpleasant situation) 面对 [...]

intransitive verb: (person) 面向; (building, seat, car) [...]

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English-Portuguese

noun: (anatomy) cara, rosto; (grimace) careta; (of clock) mostrador [...]

transitive verb: (facts, problem) enfrentar; (particular direction, building) dar para [...]

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English-Hindinoun uses

countable noun: चेहरा, मुख [...]

singular noun: रूप [...]

uncountable noun: प्रतिष्ठा, इज्ज़त [...]

phrase: के सामने [...]

transitive verb: सम्मुख होना, सीधे सामने होना [...]

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English-Japanesenoun uses

countable noun: [...]

singular noun: 様相 [...]

uncountable noun: 面子 [...]

phrase: うつぶせに, あおむけに, それを正直に受け入れよう, 正直なところ [...]

phrase: : , : [...]

transitive verb: / 面する [...]

phrasal verb: 直視する [...]

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English-Koreannoun uses

countable noun: 얼굴 [...]

singular noun: 형세 [...]

uncountable noun: 체면, 위신 [...]

phrase: 얼굴[정면]을 아래/위로 하고, 엎어져/바로, 있는 그대로 보자, 현실을 직시하자 [...]

phrase: : , : [...]

transitive verb: / ~을 향하다, ~와 마주 보다 [...]

phrasal verb: 감수하다 [...]

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'face' in other languages

Your face is the front part of your head.

Arabic: وَجْه

Croatian: lice

Czech: obličej

Danish: ansigt

Dutch: gezicht

Finnish: kasvot

Greek: πρόσωπο

Norwegian: ansikt

Polish: twarz

Romanian: față

Russian: лицо

Swedish: ansikte

Thai: ใบหน้า

Turkish: yüz

Ukrainian: обличчя

Vietnamese: mặt

To face a particular direction means to look directly in that direction.

Arabic: يُواجِهُ

Croatian: gledati prema

Czech: směřovat

Danish: stå over for

Dutch: kijken naar

Finnish: kohdata

Greek: αντιμετωπίζω

Norwegian: stå overfor

Polish: stanąć wobec

Romanian: a sta cu fața spre

Russian: быть обращенным

Swedish: möta

Thai: เผชิญหน้า

Turkish: bakmak

Ukrainian: бути зверненим до

Vietnamese: đối mặt

FACE - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary (2025)

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