facies
Spanish, noun/ˈfaθjes/
facies is spelled F-A-C-I-E-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facies is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “facies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apariencia del rostro humano cuando se tiene alguna anomalía o enfermedad”.
What does facies mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefacies
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apariencia del rostro humano cuando se tiene alguna anomalía o enfermedad. 2. Conjunto de rasgos litológicos y paleontológicos de una roca que permiten inferir sus condiciones de depósito y formación. 3. Aspecto exterior o visible.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce facies?
- /ˈfaθjes/
- [ˈfa.θjes]
- /ˈfasjes/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facies
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facies in Spanish?
facies appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).