superficies

English

Noun

Wikipedia superficies (plural superficies)

1. (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid
2. The area of a two-dimensional surface.
3. The visible, external surface of a body
4. The 'surface' (of something immaterial, esp. of the mind or soul)
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rural Life in England:

     An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.

5. (law) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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French

Noun

superficies f

1. Plural form of superficie

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Latin

Noun

superficiēs (genitive superficieī); f, fifth declension

1. top, surface (upper side of a thing)
2. building (as opposed to the land on which it is built)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	superficiēs	superficiēs
genitive	superficieī	superficiērum
dative	superficieī	superficiēbus
accusative	superficiem	superficiēs
ablative	superficiē	superficiēbus
vocative	superficiēs	superficiēs

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Spanish

Noun

superficies f pl

1. Plural form of superficie