en face

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French en face.

Adjective

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en face (not comparable)

  1. facing forward
    Botticelli's “Portrait of a Young Man” is his only known en face portrait.
  2. across from; opposite
    The missa was printed in the original Latin with the English translation en face.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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en face

  1. opposite, in front of [with de]
    Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.
    The cinema stands opposite the bakery.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

Adverb

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en face

  1. en face

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Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ãˈfas]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: en face

Adjective

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en face (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (idiomatic, literary, postpositive) en face (facing forward)
    portret en faceen face portrait
    fotografia en faceen face photo
    zdjęcie en faceen face photo

Adverb

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en face (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, literary) en face (facing forward)
    Synonyms: na przedzie, przodem, z przodu
    Antonyms: z tyłu, w tyle
    z profilu i en facein profile and en face

Further reading

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  • en face in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • en face in Polish dictionaries at PWN