faceto
Esperanto
Etymology
From faco + -et-.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [faˈt͡seto]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: fa‧ce‧to
Noun
faceto (accusative singular faceton, plural facetoj, accusative plural facetojn)
- facet
Derived terms
- faceti
Italian
Etymology
From Latin facētus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈt͡ʃɛ.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: fa‧cè‧to
Adjective
faceto (feminine faceta, masculine plural faceti, feminine plural facete)
- witty, humorous, facetious
- 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 55:
- Più tardi mi accorsi che l'uomo era forse di buon cuore e di umore faceto.
- Later I realized that the man was likely goodhearted and of facetious humor.
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Related terms
- facezia
Further reading
- faceto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- focate
Latin
Adjective
facētō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of facētus
Portuguese
Verb
faceto
- first-person singular present indicative of facetar