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лице

лице

Bulgarian

Noun

лице (licé) n

  1. face
    изсмивам се в лицето на някого - to laugh in someone's face
    казвам нещо в лицето на някого - to say something to someone's face
    лице с/в лице - face to face, nose to nose
    обръщам се с лице към - to face, to make front to
    познавам по лице - to know by sight
    пред лицето на - in the face of
    с лице към вятъра - facing the wind, with the wind in one's face
    срещам се лице с/в лице - meet in the face
    имам лице да - to have the face to, to have the cheek to
    на лице съм - to be at hand, to be available/present, to be apparent
    фактът е на лице - there is no denying the fact
  2. face, countenance
    безизразно лице - poker face
    изписано е на лицето му - you can read it in his face/countenance
  3. person, individual
    в лицето на - in the person of
    длъжностно лице - an official, an office-holder, a functionary
    като частно лице - in one's private capacity, as a private person
    официални лица - official personalities/representatives/guests
    поставено лице - a straw man, a dummy
    техническо лице - an expert, a qualified technician
    упълномощено лице - a person in authority
    (law) физическо лице - a natural person, a physical person
    (law) юридическо лице - juridical person, body corporate, corporate body, corporation, legal entity
  4. (literature) character, a being involved in the action of a story
    действащи лица (в пиеса) - dramatis personae, characters
  5. (grammar) person
  6. (mathematics, geometry) surface
  7. the face of a building, facade, front
  8. (architecture) elevation
  9. the right side of a fabric
  10. obverse (of a coin or a medal)
  11. (shoemaking) upper, vamp

Inflection

Synonyms


Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Noun

лице (lice) n

  1. face
  2. person (grammar)
  3. person, individual

Inflection


Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice ("cheek, face").

Noun

лице (lice) n

  1. face
  2. person

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪˈt͡sɛ]

Noun

лице́ (licé) n inan, n anim

  1. prepositional singular of лицо́ (licó)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐːtse/
  • Hyphenation: ли‧це

Noun

ли́це n (Latin spelling líce)

  1. face
  2. (grammar) person

Declension


Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

Noun

лице́ (lycé) n (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця)

  1. face

Declension

References

  • Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), лице”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka