en face
See also: enface
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]en face (not comparable)
- facing forward
- Botticelli's “Portrait of a Young Man” is his only known en face portrait.
- across from; opposite
- The missa was printed in the original Latin with the English translation en face.
Further reading
[edit]- “en face”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɑ̃ fas/
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Preposition
[edit]- opposite, in front of [with de]
- Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.
- The cinema stands opposite the bakery.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French en face.
Adverb
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “en face” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French en face.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]en face (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (idiomatic, literary, postpositive) en face (facing forward)
- portret en face ― en face portrait
- fotografia en face ― en face photo
- zdjęcie en face ― en face photo
Adverb
[edit]en face (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, literary) en face (facing forward)
- Synonyms: na przedzie, przodem, z przodu
- Antonyms: z tyłu, w tyle
- z profilu i en face ― in profile and en face
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