faceta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Noun

faceta f (plural facetes)

1. facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
2. facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
3. (anatomy) facet (one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)

Further reading

• “faceta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “faceta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “faceta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “faceta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Adjective

faceta f sg

1. feminine singular of faceto

Latin

Adjective

facēta

1. inflection of facētus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

facētā

1. ablative feminine singular of facētus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡sɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: fa‧ce‧ta

Noun

faceta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of facet

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French facette. Equivalent to face +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈse.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈse.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈse.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈse.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ce‧ta

Noun

faceta f (plural facetas)

1. facet (flat surface cut into a gem)
2. (figurative) facet (one among many similar yet distinct things)
3. (anatomy) facet (component of a compound eye)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈsɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈsɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈsɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈsɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ce‧ta

Verb

faceta

1. inflection of facetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faˈθeta/ [faˈθe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /faˈseta/ [faˈse.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: fa‧ce‧ta

Noun

faceta f (plural facetas)

1. facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
2. facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
3. (anatomy) facet (one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)

Further reading

• “faceta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28