Grammatical class

Noun

figure

face

Details

Syllables

fi-gu-re

Phonetics

fi.gyʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

3571

Freq. (movies)

5054

Freq. (news)

1442

Sentences

Figure d’autorité

Authority figure

A1

Il m'a cassé la figure.

He beat the shit out of me.

A1

Ça va vous péter à la figure.

This is going to blow up in your face.

A1

Va te débarbouiller la figure !

Go and clean up your face!

A1

Il m'a dit de me laver la figure.

He told me to wash my face.

A1

Se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure

To be plain as the nose on one's face

A2

Je vais te mettre mon poing dans la figure.

I'm going to punch you in the face.

A2

Ça leur a explosé à la figure.

it's blown up in their face.

B1

Deux lycéens ont cassé la figure à Tom.

Two high school boys beat Tom black and blue.

B1

Cela pourrait nous exploser à la figure.

This could blow up in our faces.

B1

Il s’est lavé la figure avec de l’eau et du savon.

He washed his face with water and soap.

B1

Tu as volé mon vélo, et maintenant je vais te casser la figure.

You stole my bike, and now I'm going to break your face.

B2