different between facet vs facete

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæs?t/
• Rhymes: -æs?t

Noun

facet (plural facets)

1. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

2. 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.
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.

Derived terms

• multifaceted
• facetal

Translations

Verb

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

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Usage notes

• Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas?t/, [fa?s?d?]

Noun

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

Declension

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa??s?t/
• Hyphenation: fa?cet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

Derived terms

• facetoog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: faset
• ? Indonesian: faset

Polish

Etymology

From Latin fac?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.t?s?t/

Noun

facet m pers (diminutive facecik, feminine facetka)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

Declension

Further reading

• facet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• facet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fac?tus; perhaps via Italian faceto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??si?t/

Adjective

facete (comparative more facete, superlative most facete)

1. (archaic) Facetious.

Derived terms

• facetely
• faceteness

Italian

Adjective

facete f pl

1. feminine plural of faceto

Latin

Adjective

fac?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fac?tus

References

• facete in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facete in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

facete

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of facetar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of facetar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of facetar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of facetar