face
French, noun/fas/
face is spelled F-A-C-E (4 letters) and appears 263 times per million words in written French, the 312th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Face is a French feminine noun meaning “face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Visage”.
What does face mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineface
- 2
femininesurface, side
- 3
feminineface
- 4
femininehead (of a coin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Visage. 2. Figure humaine. 3. La partie antérieure de la tête. 4. Le côté d’une pièce de monnaie où est empreinte la figure , à l'opposé du côté pile.
noun: 1. Catcheur jouant le rôle du gentil.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of face
- faces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce face?
- /fas/
- \fas\
- [fas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to face
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is face in French?
face appears 263 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).