visage/vi.zaʒ/
noun · A2 · Frequency 597
nounmasculine
Meanings
face (of a human)
Refers to the human face, the most common meaning.
Examples
Le froid a rougi son visage.
The cold made his face red.
Elle a reconnu son visage dans le miroir.
She recognized her face in the mirror.
Un sourire éclairait le visage de l'enfant.
A smile lit up the child's face.
Collocations
- se laver le visagewash one's face
Common mistakes
J’ai mal au visage.
J’ai mal à la joue / au front / au nez… ou J’ai mal dans le visage.
Visage denotes the whole face and does not collocate with 'au' for pain; pain is typically expressed with specific subparts (e.g., joue) or 'dans le visage'.
Il a un visage sympathique et gentil.
Il a un visage sympathique.
'Sympathique' already conveys 'friendly/likeable'; 'gentil' is semantically redundant and not idiomatic with 'visage'.
Related words
synonymfaceface
nounmasculine
Meanings
face (of a human)
Refers to the human face, the most common meaning.
Examples
Les visages des enfants se sont illuminés en découvrant les cadeaux.
The children's faces lit up when they discovered the presents.
Dans la foule, je reconnaissais quelques visages familiers.
In the crowd, I recognized a few familiar faces.
Les visages fatigués des voyageurs apparaissaient dans la lumière du matin.
The tired faces of the travelers appeared in the morning light.
Collocations
- se laver le visagewash one's face
Common mistakes
J’ai mal au visage.
J’ai mal à la joue / au front / au nez… ou J’ai mal dans le visage.
Visage denotes the whole face and does not collocate with 'au' for pain; pain is typically expressed with specific subparts (e.g., joue) or 'dans le visage'.
Il a un visage sympathique et gentil.
Il a un visage sympathique.
'Sympathique' already conveys 'friendly/likeable'; 'gentil' is semantically redundant and not idiomatic with 'visage'.
Related words
synonymfaceface