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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French en face.
Adjective
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
French
Pronunciation
Preposition
en face
- (transitive with de) opposite, in front of
Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.- The cinema stands opposite the bakery.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French en face.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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
Further reading
- en face in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- en face in Polish dictionaries at PWN