Meaning of faceto | Babel Free
faˈt͡setoDefinitions
- facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)
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facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things) figuratively
Equivalents
Examples
“faceto de brilianto”
facet of a brilliant
“faceto de kristaloj”
facet of crystals
“faceto de prismo”
facet of a prism
“La brilianto havas multajn facetojn: ĉiu faceto kontribuas al la blindiga beleco de la ŝtono; ĉiu faceto ricevas sian nuancan belecon de la komuna brilo.”
The brilliant has many facets: every facet contributes to the blinding beauty of the stone; every facet receives its nuanced beauty of the common gloss.
“[Unua Parto: 1.3.1 Teknike-Lingva Aspekto] El pure teknike-lingva vidpunkto la problemo havas multajn facetojn, kies komuna fono estas la malfacileco plene ekregi kiun ajn nacian lingvon. [Kvara Parto: 18.2.2 Unueco en Diverseco][…]ili, ĉefe pro manko de tutecaj perspektivoj, insistas pri nur unu el la multnombraj facetoj,[…].”
[First Part: 1.3.1 Technically-Linguistic Aspect] From purely technically-linguistic viewpoint the problem has many facets, whose common background is the difficulty fully beginning to rule whichever national language. [Fourth Part: 18.2.2 Unity in Diversity] […] they, chiefly because of lack of holistic perspectives, insists on only one of the numerous facets, […].
“Lian poetan faceton li tamen apenaŭ montris ĝis nun,[…].”
He however scarcely showed his poetic facet until now, […].
“Eble[…]ke laboro estas la ĉefa fonto de digno.[…]mi konsiderus tion plej normala faceto de la homa vivo[…].”
Possibly […] that labor is the chief source of dignity. […] I would consider that most normal facet of the human life […].
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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