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

• (countenance): изражение
• (individual): човек
• (character): герой

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