blackface
English
/ˈblækˌfeɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
- (countable) A sheep of the breed.
Etymology
Compound from English black (dark haired, black haired) + English face (figure, form, shape).
Origin
English
face
Gloss
figure, form, shape
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackacre English
- Blackbeard English
- Blackface English
- Blackophobe English
- Blacktown English
- Blackwood English
- Jewface English
- PrimeFaces English
- Sabbathesque English
- about-face English
- aface English
- antiblack English
- arseface English
- assface English
- babyface English
- backface English
- biface English
- bitchface English
- black English
- black Irish English
- black light English
- black sanctus English
- black swan English
- black truffle English
- black-haired English
- black-hearted English
- blackamoor English
- blackback English
- blackball English
- blackband English
- blackberry English
- blackbird English
- blackboard English
- blackboy English
- blackbuck English
- blackbutt English
- blackcap English
- blackchin English
- blackcoat English
- blackcock English
- blackdamp English
- blackdar English
- blacken English
- blacker English
- blacketh English
- blackeye English
- blackfaced English
- blackfacing English
- blackfella English
- blackfeller English
- blackfellow English
- blackfin English
- blackfish English
- blackfly English
- blackfulla English
- blackgame English
- blackgrass English
- blackguard English
- blackheart English
- blackify English
- blackish English
- blackism English
- blackity-black English
- blackjack English
- blacklead English
- blackleg English
- blackless English
- blacklight English
- blackline English
- blacklip English
- blacklist English
- blackly English
- blackmouth English
- blackness English
- blackophilia English
- blackophobic English
- blackpoll English
- blackride English
- blackrider English
- blackroot English
- blacksalter English
- blackshirt English
- blackskin English
- blacksmelt English
- blacksmith English
- blacksnake English
- blackspeak English
- blacksplain English
- blackspot English
- blackstart English
- blackster English
- blackstrap English
- blacktail English
- blackthorn English
- blacktip English
- blacktop English
- blackware English
- blackwash English
- blackwater English
- blackwood English
- blackwork English
- blackworm English
- blacky English
- blockface English
- boldface English
- boltface English
- bootblack English
- brazenface English
- breakface English
- brownface English
- buttface English
- catface English
- clubface English
- coalface English
- cockface English
- counterface English
- crapface English
- crater face English
- cuntface English
- dickface English
- dogface English
- dollface English
- dorkface English
- doucheface English
- doughface English
- downface English
- duckface English
- eigenface English
- enantioface English
- enface English
- exoface English
- face English
- face fly English
- face-off English
- faceable English
- faceache English
- facebook English
- facebow English
- facebuster English
- facecam English
- facecare English
- facecloth English
- facecrime English
- faced English
- facefirst English
- facefuck English
- faceful English
- faceguard English
- faceism English
- faceless English
- facelet English
- facelick English
- facelift English
- facelike English
- facemail English
- facemask English
- faceoff English
- facepaint English
- facepalm English
- facepic English
- facepiece English
- faceplant English
- faceplate English
- faceprint English
- facer English
- facesaving English
- facesitter English
- facesitting English
- facest English
- faceth English
- faceup English
- faceward English
- facewards English
- facewash English
- facewear English
- facewipe English
- facework English
- faceworker English
- facey English
- fagface English
- faggotface English
- falseface English
- fartface English
- fatface English
- forblack English
- foreface English
- foxface English
- freckleface English
- fuckface English
- gasface English
- gayface English
- heartface English
- hemiface English
- horseface English
- hyperface English
- interblack English
- interface English
- jerkface English
- jet-black English
- lampblack English
- lightface English
- manface English
- midface English
- monkeyface English
- monoblack English
- moon-face English
- nonblack English
- nonface English
- outface English
- paleface English
- pieface English
- pigface English
- pissface English
- pooface English
- postblack English
- pram face English
- prickface English
- pro-black English
- pukeface English
- quasiblack English
- ratface English
- redface English
- reface English
- scarface English
- screwface English
- scumface English
- shitface English
- shoeblack English
- shoreface English
- sleeveface English
- slimeface English
- slipface English
- slutface English
- snotface English
- snowface English
- spotface English
- straightface English
- subface English
- tardface English
- toothblack English
- transblack English
- trollface English
- twi-faced English
- typeface English
- unblack English
- underface English
- unface English
- uniface English
- wankface English
- wheyface English
- whiteface English
- yellowface English
- zitface English
- Blackfacing German
- black French
- fjes Norwegian Bokmål
- fejs Swedish
- ブラック Japanese
- fjes Norwegian Nynorsk
- blak Middle English
- face Middle English
- fásáil Irish
- fjæs Danish
- μπλάκης Greek (modern)
- 番斯 Chinese
- bläg Volapük
- blak Tok Pisin
- pes Tok Pisin
- feese Pennsylvania German
- blak Bislama
- face
- black
- faced
- aface
- facer
- facey
- faceup
- enface
- facest
- blacky
- biface
- unface
- faceth
- reface
- gasface
- faceism
- faceful
- pigface
- midface
- dogface
- manface
- exoface
- facelet
- redface
- fatface
- Jewface
- assface
- subface
- blacker
- nonface
- unblack
- outface
- facecam
- blackly
- catface
- facebow
- fagface
- pooface
- foxface
- pieface
- faceoff
- facepic
- gayface
- blacken
- ratface
- zitface
- uniface
- facecare
- blackcap
- backface
- crapface
- facepalm
- faceache
- blackfly
- blackleg
- boltface
- wheyface
- slipface
- arseface
- blackism
- dollface
- coalface
- slutface
- face fly
- facemask
- blacketh
- facewipe
- spotface
- facework
- paleface
- face-off
- blackeye
- facemail
- faceable
- blacklip
- buttface
- shitface
- jerkface
- facelick
- nonblack
- blackify
- facelike
- boldface
- blackdar
- scarface
- typeface
- blacktip
- dickface
- scumface
- facefuck
- downface
- facewear
- hemiface
- clubface
- tardface
- snowface
- blackboy
- cockface
- babyface
- dorkface
- fuckface
- foreface
- facewash
- faceless
- wankface
- blacktop
- faceward
- blackish
- pukeface
- forblack
- cuntface
- pissface
- snotface
- blackfin
- facelift
- duckface
- fartface
- blockface
- postblack
- faceplate
- Blackface
- facepaint
- blackball
- facepiece
- blackbutt
- blackroot
- faceguard
- Blacktown
- blackback
- blackware
- blackgame
- lightface
- blacklist
- blackskin
- twi-faced
- blackness
- blackwood
- lampblack
- blackworm
- blackwash
- bitchface
- blacklead
- moon-face
- blackwork
- blackster
- monoblack
- blackride
- facefirst
- facewards
- shoeblack
- blackcock
- blackless
- eigenface
- facecloth
- brownface
- blackline
- blackfish
- slimeface
- pram face
- falseface
- interface
- hyperface
- blackbuck
- antiblack
- whiteface
- jet-black
- blacktail
- doughface
- blackcoat
- faceplant
- Blackwood
- trollface
- blackchin
- facecrime
- faceprint
- shoreface
- breakface
- blackspot
- prickface
- blackbird
- blackdamp
- pro-black
- blackjack
- Blackacre
- heartface
- horseface
- blackpoll
- screwface
- blackband
- underface
- bootblack
- blackspeak
- blackberry
- facebuster
- about-face
- blacksmelt
- blacksnake
- blackamoor
- blackfella
- interblack
- sleeveface
- Blackbeard
- facesaving
- brazenface
- faceworker
- blackmouth
- blackgrass
- blackshirt
- facesitter
- doucheface
- blackrider
- black swan
- blackstrap
- blackguard
- blackstart
- blackboard
- transblack
- quasiblack
- blackthorn
- faggotface
- blackfulla
- blackwater
- PrimeFaces
- blacksmith
- yellowface
- blackheart
- blacklight
- monkeyface
- blackfaced
- toothblack
- blackfacing
- enantioface
- blackfeller
- counterface
- crater face
- blacksplain
- blackfellow
- black Irish
- freckleface
- facesitting
- blacksalter
- Blackophobe
- black light
- straightface
- blackophobic
- black-haired
- Sabbathesque
- blackophilia
- black-hearted
- black truffle
- black sanctus
- blackity-black