en face

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en face.

Adjective

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.

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Preposition

en face

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

Adverb

en face

  1. en face

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

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