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See also: enface
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
- “en face”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
- (transitive with de) opposite, in front of
- Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.
- The cinema stands opposite the bakery.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French en face.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
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
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