Noun: face
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe. (Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like face
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs. See: Latin Nouns '
faciēs'.
Verbs referencing "face"
English Nouns
face.
Translations