A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals.
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Facet
//ˈfæs.ɪt//
Synonyms for "facet" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
12 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
143 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جَانِب noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- سَطْح noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Armenian
2 entries- երես noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- նիստ noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Asturian
2 entries- faceta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yonmaq verb (to cut a facet into a gemstone)
Bulgarian
4 entries- стена́ noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- страна́ noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- фасе́та noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- шлифовам verb (to cut a facet into a gemstone)
Catalan
3 entries- faceta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- faceta noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 刻面 noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- 方面 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- 方面 noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
- 面 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Czech
2 entries- faceta noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- fazeta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Danish
4 entries- facet noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- facet noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- flade noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- side noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Dutch
4 entries- facet noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- facet noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- facet noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- fase noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
Esperanto
3 entries- faceto noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceto noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- faceti verb (to cut a facet into a gemstone)
Finnish
4 entries- askel noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
- fasetti noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- puoli noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- silmäkeila noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
French
4 entries- facette noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- facette noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- ommatidie noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- volet noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
Galician
3 entries- face noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
German
3 entries- Facette noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- Facette noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
- Facette noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Gujarati
4 entries- અવકાશ noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
- અવકાશો noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
- પહેલા noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- પહેલુ noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Hindi
4 entries- आंतरिक कोशिका noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- आंतरिक कोशिकाएँ noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- कटाव noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- पहलू noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Icelandic
3 entries- flötur noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- fægiflötur noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- smáauga noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Indonesian
2 entries- faset noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faset noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Italian
4 entries- aspetto noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- faccetta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- facetta noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- facette noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Japanese
4 entries- ファセット noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- 小面 noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- 様相 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- 面 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Korean
2 entries- 면 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- 양상 noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- аспект noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- кыр noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- чет noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- этап noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Marathi
4 entries- अवयव noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- दृष्टि कोशिका noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- पैलू noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- पैलू noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فاچته noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Persian
4 entries- تراش noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- جنبه noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- جنبهها noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- سطح noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Polish
2 entries- faseta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- fasetka noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Portuguese
4 entries- faceta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- faceta noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- facetar verb (to cut a facet into a gemstone)
Punjabi
4 entries- ਅੰਗ noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- ਪਹਿਲੂ noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- ਪਹਿਲੂ noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- ਪਹਿਲੂ noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
Russian
4 entries- аспе́кт noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- грань noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- грань noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- сторона́ noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Sanskrit
4 entries- दृष्टि कोशिका noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- दृष्टि कोशिकाः noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- पक्ष noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- पक्ष noun (one of a series of things, such as steps in a project)
Slovak
1 entries- fazeta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Spanish
4 entries- faceta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- faceta noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
- faceta noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
- omatidio noun (anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Swedish
2 entries- fasett noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
- sida noun (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)
Tagalog
1 entries- tapyas noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Turkish
1 entries- façeta noun (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
That's not the most important facet of the tale.
Source: tatoeba (8860378)
A marine biologist, Mr. Palumbi says, at present, environmental researchers and institutions conduct specific investigations — each of which provides a snapshot of a particular facet of the ecology for a particular time period.
Source: tatoeba (11039320)
Lion dances are a facet of traditional Chinese culture.
Source: tatoeba (11062533)
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