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en face

en face adjective: facing forward.

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.

Origin of en face

Borrowed from French en face.

Questions about en face

What does en face mean?
En face means facing forward.
What part of speech is en face?
En face is an adjective.

Words near en face in the dictionary

  1. en creux
  2. en croix
  3. en dash
  4. en dashes
  5. en echelon
  6. en face
  7. en famille
  8. en femme
  9. en flute
  10. en garde
  11. en garçon

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