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

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• Audio (Switzerland)

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Preposition

en face

1. (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

• IPA^(key): /ãˈfas/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -as

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• en face in Polish dictionaries at PWN