facet

English

various facet patterns for diamonds

facets in the compound eye of a dragonfly

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæsɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æsɪt

Noun

facet (plural facets)

1. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

   This facet of the diamond was masterfully cut to enhance its value.

2. One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.

   Synonym: aspect

   The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.

3. One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.

   We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.

4. (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
5. (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.

   the articular facet of a bone

6. (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
7. (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
8. (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
9. (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.

Derived terms

• multifaceted
• facetal
• articular facet

Translations

flat surface cut into a gem

• Arabic: سَطْح m (saṭḥ)
• Armenian: նիստ (hy) (nist)
• Asturian: faceta f
• Bulgarian: стена́ (bg) f (stená)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻面 (kèmiàn)

• Czech: fazeta f
• Danish: facet c, flade c
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Esperanto: faceto (eo)
• Finnish: taho (fi), fasetti (fi), viiste (fi)
• French: facette (fr) f
• Galician: faceta (gl) f, face (gl) f
• German: Facette (de) f
• Icelandic: flötur (is) m, fægiflötur m
• Indonesian: faset (id)
• Italian: faccetta (it) f
• Japanese: 小面 (しょうめん, shōmen)
• Ottoman Turkish: فاچته (façeta)
• Persian: تراش (fa) (tarâš), وجه (vajh)
• Polish: faseta (pl) f
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Russian: грань (ru) f (granʹ)
• Slovak: fazeta f
• Spanish: faceta (es) f
• Swedish: fasett (sv)
• Tagalog: tapyas
• Turkish: façeta (tr)

one among many similar yet distinct things

• Arabic: جَانِب m (jānib)
• Armenian: երես (hy) (eres)
• Asturian: faceta f
• Bulgarian: страна́ (bg) f (straná)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面 (zh) (miàn), 方面 (zh) (fāngmiàn)

• Danish: facet c, side (da) c
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Finnish: puoli (fi)
• Galician: faceta (gl) f
• Italian: aspetto (it), sfaccettatura f
• Japanese: 面 (ja) (めん, men), 様相 (ja) (ようそう, yōsō)
• Korean: 면 (ko) (myeon), 양상 (ko) (yangsang)
• Kyrgyz: аспект (ky) (aspekt), кыр (ky) (kır), этап (ky) (etap), чет (ky) (cet)
• Persian: جنبه (fa) (janbe)
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Russian: аспе́кт (ru) m (aspékt), сторона́ (ru) f (storoná), грань (ru) f (granʹ)
• Spanish: faceta (es) f
• Swedish: sida (sv) c

one of a series of things

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面 (zh) (miàn), 方面 (zh) (fāngmiàn)

• Dutch: fase (nl) f
• Finnish: vaihe (fi), askel (fi)
• French: volet (fr) m
• German: Facette (de) f
• Russian: эта́п (ru) m (etáp), часть (ru) f (častʹ)

one member of a compound eye

• Bulgarian: фасе́та (bg) f (faséta)
• Catalan: faceta f
• Czech: faceta f
• Dutch: facet (nl) n
• Finnish: silmäkeila
• French: facette (fr) f, ommatidie (fr) f (anatomy)
• German: Facette (de) f
• Icelandic: smáauga n
• Indonesian: faset (id)
• Polish: fasetka f
• Portuguese: faceta (pt) f
• Russian: фасе́тка (ru) f (fasétka)
• Spanish: faceta (es) f, omatidio m (anatomy)

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

Translations to be checked

• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} પાસું (pāsũ)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} पहलू (hi) (pahlū)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sfaccettatura f
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} पैलू (pailū)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} سطح (satah)
• Punjabi: ^{(please verify)} ਪਹਿਲੂ (pahilū)
• Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} पक्षः (sa) (pakṣaḥ)

Verb

facet (third-person singular simple present facets, present participle faceting or facetting, simple past and past participle faceted or facetted)

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Usage notes

• Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.

Translations

to cut a facet

• Azerbaijani: yonmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: шлифовам (bg) (šlifovam)
• Danish: facettere
• Esperanto: faceti
• Finnish: hioa (fi)
• French: facetter (fr)
• Italian: sfaccettare (it)
• Portuguese: facetar (pt), lapidar (pt)
• Russian: ограни́ть (ru) (ogranítʹ)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette (“facet”), diminutive of face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasɛt/, [faˈsɛd̥]

Noun

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

Declension

Declension of facet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	facet	facetten	facetter	facetterne
genitive	facets	facettens	facetters	facetternes

Further reading

• facet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “facet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːˈsɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fa‧cet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

Derived terms

• facetoog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: faset
• → Indonesian: faset

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin facētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡sɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at͡sɛt
• Syllabification: fa‧cet

Noun

facet m pers (female equivalent facetka, diminutive facecik)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

Declension

Declension of facet

	singular	plural
nominative	facet	faceci/facety (deprecative)
genitive	faceta	facetów
dative	facetowi	facetom
accusative	faceta	facetów
instrumental	facetem	facetami
locative	facecie	facetach
vocative	facecie	faceci

Descendants

• → Belarusian: фацэ́т (facét)

Further reading

• facet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• facet in Polish dictionaries at PWN