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Plural of fascia

regular plural

The plural of fascia is fascias or fasciae.

Forms of fascia

Singularfascia /ˈfæʃə/
Pluralfascias
fasciae /ˈfæʃ.i/
Countablecountable

Fascias and fasciae in a sentence

  • The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae.2006, Dennis E. McDonnell, Steven J. Harrison, “10: Retropharyngeal Approach to the Occipitocervical Junction”, in Richard G. Fessler...
  • Seatbelts, airbags, collapsible steering columns, dentable windscreens, squashable fascias and squashable front and rear ends have all added to safety, but how?1996, Chris Butlin, Maureen Maybank, Physics on the move, page 31. From the entry squashable
  • The postmedian fascia originates from R 1 on the costa but becomes confluent with the median fascia at midwing, with varying degrees of ground color between the two fasciae.2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern…. From the entry midwing

Meaning of fascia

  1. noun A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  2. noun A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
  3. noun A dashboard.

Full definition of fascia

Questions about the plural of fascia

What is the plural of fascia?
The plural of fascia is fascias or fasciae.
Which is correct, fascias or fasciae?
Both are used. fascias is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is fascia countable?
Fascia is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fascia (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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