fascia

See also:fàscia

English

Pope Benedict XVI wearing a whitefascia,while a cardinal is seated near him (partially obscured from view) wearing a redfascia(sense 7).

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinfascia(“a band, bandage, swathe”).Related tofascēs(“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”),fromProto-Indo-European*bʰask-(“bundle, band”).Cognate withfajita,fess,andfascism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfæʃə/,/ˈfæʃjə/,/ˈfæʃi.ə/
• IPA^(key):/ˈfeɪʃə/,/ˈfeɪʃjə/,/ˈfeɪʃi.ə/(especially sense 1)

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• Rhymes:-æʃə

Noun

fascia(pluralfasciasorfasciae)

2. (architecture)A widebandof material covering the ends ofroofrafters,sometimes supporting agutterinsteep-sloperoofing, but typically it is aborderortrimin low-sloperoofing.

   Synonym:frieze

3. Afaceor frontcoverof anappliance,especially of amobile phone.

   Synonym:case

5. (UK)Adashboard.

   Synonym:dashboard

6. (architecture)A flat band or broadfillet;especially, one of the three bands that make up thearchitrave,in the Ionic order.
7. A broad well-defined band ofcolor.
8. A band,sash,orfillet;especially, insurgery,abandageorroller.
10. (ecclesiastical,fashion)Asashworn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.

    Synonym:sash

12. (anatomy)The layer of loosetissue,often containingfat,immediately beneath theskin;the stronger layer ofconnective tissuecovering andinvestingmusclesandorgans;anaponeurosis.
    • 2006,Dennis E. McDonnell, Steven J. Harrison, “10: Retropharyngeal Approach to the Occipitocervical Junction”, in Richard G. Fessler, Laligam N. Sekhar, editors,Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine and Peripheral Nerves,Thieme Medical Publishers,page89:

      The deepest layer of cervicalfasciaconsists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebralfasciae.

    • 2017,David Lesondak,Fascia:What it is and Why it Matters,Handspring Publishing,page 3,

      Figure 1.1
      Close-up of thefasciasurrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver.

    • 2017,Andrea Pasini, Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco,19: Fascial Anatomy of the Viscera,Torsten Liem, Paolo Tozzi, Anthony Chila (editors),Fasciain the Osteopathic Field,Handspring Publishing,page 173,

      This is evidence that the insertionalfasciaeare the ones that provide the connections between internalfasciaeand muscularfascia,and between the different organs. The same pattern can be applied to thefasciaethat surround the glands.

13. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Usage notes

The pluralfasciasis used for the first five definitions whilefasciaeis used for the sixth.

Derived terms

• Abernethy's fascia
• Buck's fascia
• fascia adherens
• fascia bulbi
• fascial
• fascia lata
• fasciate
• fasciitis
• plantar fascia
• superficial fascia
• transversalis fascia

Translations

band of material covering the ends of roof rafters

• Bulgarian:корниз(bg)(korniz)
• Dutch:boeiboord(nl)n,boeideeln
• Finnish:räystäslauta,päätylauta
• Russian:фа́сция(ru)f(fáscija)

face or front cover of an appliance

• Bulgarian:арматурно табло(armaturno tablo)
• Finnish:etulevy

architecture: one of the three bands which make up the architrave

• Finnish:palkki(fi)

broad well-defined band of color

• Bulgarian:полосаf(polosa)
• Finnish:raita(fi),väriraita
• Russian:полоса́(ru)f(polosá),поло́ска(ru)f(polóska)

band, sash, or fillet

• Bulgarian:лента(bg)f(lenta),бинтm(bint)
• Finnish:nauha(fi)
• Russian:поясо́к(ru)m(pojasók),ле́нта(ru)f(lénta),бинт(ru)m(bint)

tissue

• Catalan:fàsciaf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Cân mô(jīnmó)

• Czech:povázkaf,fascief
• Finnish:kalvo(fi);ihonalaiskudos(fi)(loose, fatty issue under skin),sidekalvo(connective tissue covering muscles),kalvojänne(aponeurosis),peitinkalvo(fi),faskia(fi)
• German:Faszie(de)f
• Hungarian:bőnye(hu)
• Kazakh:шандыр(şandyr)
• Portuguese:fásciaf
• Russian:фа́сция(ru)f(fáscija)
• Spanish:fasciaf
• Swedish:fascia(sv)c
• Turkish:fasya

dashboard—seedashboard

Anagrams

• AFAICS,facias

Italian

Etymology

FromLatinfascia.CompareSpanishfaja,Portuguesefaixa,Romanianfașă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfaʃ.ʃa/
• Rhymes:-aʃʃa
• Hyphenation:fà‧scia

Noun

fasciaf(pluralfasce)

1. strip,band
2. bandage
3. sash
4. (geography)belt
5. (heraldry)fess

See also

• bandana

Anagrams

• Caifas,fiasca,scafai

Latin

Etymology

Seefascis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈfas.ki.a/,[ˈfäs̠kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈfaʃ.ʃi.a/,[ˈfäʃːiä]

Noun

fasciaf(genitivefasciae);first declension

1. band,bandage,swathe,strip,ribbon
2. (New Latin)necktie
   • 2003,J. K. Rowling,translated by Peter Needham,Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis,London: Bloomsbury, translation ofHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,page 2:

     Dominus Dursley bombiebat dumfasciamhebetissimi coloris eligebat idoneam ad negotia gerenda

     [original:Mr Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boringtiefor work]

Declension

First-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fascia	fasciae
genitive	fasciae	fasciārum
dative	fasciae	fasciīs
accusative	fasciam	fasciās
ablative	fasciā	fasciīs
vocative	fascia	fasciae

Derived terms

• fasciō
• fasciola

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian:fashi,fashe
  • Istro-Romanian:foşă
  • Romanian:fașă,fâșie
• Northern Italian:
  • Romagnol:fasa
• Istriot:fasa
• Italian:fascia
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese:faxa
    • →Spanish:faja
• Old French:faisse,fece
  • French:fasce(re-Latinized)
  • →English:fess
  • →Dutch:faas
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian:faxa,facha,faza
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan:faixa
  • Occitan:faissa
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician:faixa
  • Portuguese:faixa
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish:haza
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian:fasse
• Sardinian:fàsca,fàscia,fassa
• Venetan:fasa
  • →Cimbrian:béesa
• →Albanian:fashë
• →Gothic:𐍆𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌾𐌰(faskja)
• →Koine Greek:φασκία(phaskía)
  • Greek:φασκιά(faskiá)
• →Middle High German:fasch,fasche
  • German:Fasche
• →Spanish:fascia
• →German:Fatsche
  • →Czech:fáč

References

• “fascia”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fascia”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• fasciain Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fasciainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• “fascia”,inThe Perseus Project (1999)Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “fascia”,inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fascia”,inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinfascia.Doubletoffajaandhaz.

Noun

fasciaf(pluralfascias)

1. (anatomy)fascia(a layer of loose tissue)

Further reading

• “fascia”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28