en face

See also: enface

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

• “en face”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ fas/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Preposition

en face

1. opposite, in front of [with de]

   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

• “en face”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ãˈfas]

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: en face

Adjective

en face (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (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)

1. (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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “en face”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)