fauces
/fɔː.siːz/noun
fauces is a noun meaning “The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-U-C-E-S, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fauces mean?
noun
- 1
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
- 2
The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
- 3
That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fauces?
- /fɔː.siːz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fauces
- faux singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fauces?
Fauces appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fauces in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense passage from the mouth to the pharynx:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | istmo de las fauces |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fauces come from?
Borrowing from Latin faucēs (“the upper part of a throat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).