en face

Borrowed from French en face.

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ fas/

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en face

1. (transitive with de) opposite, in front of

   Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.

   The cinema stands opposite the bakery.

Unadapted borrowing from French en face.

• IPA^(key): /ãˈfas/

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• Rhymes: -as

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

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

• en face in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• en face in Polish dictionaries at PWN