facet

• facette (obsolete)

Borrowed from French facette.

• enPR: făs′ĭt
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfæs.ɪt/

  • Audio (US):

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ɪt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.ət/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ɪt/
• Rhymes: -æsɪt
• Hyphenation: fac‧et

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. (figurative) 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.

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

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

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

• IPA^(key): /fasɛt/, [faˈsɛd̥]

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

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

Borrowed from French facette.

• IPA^(key): /faːˈsɛt/

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• Hyphenation: fa‧cet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

• facetoog

• Afrikaans: faset
• → Indonesian: faset

Learned borrowing from Latin facētus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡sɛt/

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• Rhymes: -at͡sɛt
• Syllabification: fa‧cet

facet m pers (female equivalent facetka, diminutive facecik)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

   Synonyms: typ, typiarz

2. (slang) teacher

• → Belarusian: фацэ́т (facét)

• “facet”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “facet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)