fasce

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed (in this form) from Latin fascia. The Old French form faisse, fece, which underwent "re-Latinized" spelling in modern French, was popularly inherited.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fasce f (plural fasces)

  1. (heraldry) fess
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Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fasce f

  1. plural of fascia

Noun

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fasce f pl (plural only)

  1. swaddling clothes
  2. (military, historical) puttees (strips of wool wrapped around the lower leg, from foot to knee)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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fasce

  1. ablative singular of fascis