different between fasces vs faces

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasces, plural of fascis

Noun

fasces

1. A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism

Translations

Descendants

• Chinese: ??? (f?x?s?)

Latin

Noun

fasc?s

1. nominative plural of fascis
2. accusative plural of fascis
3. vocative plural of fascis

References

• fasces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fasces in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fasces in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?s?z/

Noun

faces

1. plural of face

Verb

faces

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of face

Anagrams

• CAFEs, cafes, cafés

French

Noun

faces f

1. plural of face

Anagrams

• cafés

Latin

Noun

fac?s

1. nominative plural of fax
2. accusative plural of fax
3. vocative plural of fax

References

• faces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

faces f pl

1. plural of face

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?fa?es/, [?fa.?es]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?fases/, [?fa.ses]

Verb

faces

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of facer.