facelift

See also: Facelift and face lift

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From face +‎ lift.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/

Noun

facelift (plural facelifts)

Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
(by extension) Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.
The old building will get a facelift with new paint, carpet, and decoration.

Translations

plastic surgery to the face

Chinese:
Mandarin: 整容 (zh) (zhěngróng), 拉皮 (zh) (lāpí)
Esperanto: senfaltigo
Finnish: kasvojenkohotus
French: lifting (fr) m
German: Gesichtsstraffung f, Facelift (de) n
Italian: lifting facciale m
Japanese: フェイスリフト (feisurifuto)
Kyrgyz: косметикалык ремонт (ky) (kosmetikalık remont), бетке жасалган косметикалык операция (betke casalgan kosmetikalık operatsiya)

Manx: aanoaghey eddin m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ansiktsløft n, ansiktsløfting m or f, ansiktsløftning m or f

Nynorsk: ansiktsløfting f
Portuguese: lifting (pt) m, facelift m, ritidectomia f
Russian: ли́фтинг (ru) m (lífting), подтя́жка (ru) f (podtjážka) (лица́)
Swedish: ansiktslyft n

improvement of the appearance of something

Chinese:
Mandarin: 翻新 (zh) (fānxīn)
Esperanto: senfaltigo
Finnish: facelift (fi), kasvojenkohotus

Norwegian:
Bokmål: ansiktsløft n, ansiktsløfting m or f, ansiktsløftning m or f

Nynorsk: ansiktsløfting f

Verb

facelift (third-person singular simple present facelifts, present participle facelifting, simple past and past participle facelifted)

To perform a facelift upon.

Translations

to perform a facelift

Chinese:
Mandarin: 整容 (zh) (zhěngróng), 拉皮 (zh) (lāpí)

Danish: gøre en ansigtsløftning
Esperanto: senfaltigo
Finnish: tehdä kasvojenkohotus, pintaremontoida
Swedish: göra en ansiktslyftning

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