Plural of face
regular plural
The plural of face is faces.
Forms of face
| Singular | face /ˈfeɪ̯s/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | faces /ˈfeɪsɪz/ |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Faces in a sentence
- The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Children! Stop making faces at each other!
- The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.From the entry disease
- How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?From the entry our
- The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south.From the entry aspect
Meaning of face
- noun The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- noun One's facial expression.
- noun A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
Questions about the plural of face
- What is the plural of face?
- The plural of face is faces.
- Is face countable?
- Face is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: face (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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