interface

Syllables: inter·face/ˈɪntəfeɪs/US/ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/

interface noun: the point of interconnection or contact between entities.

Noun

interface (plural interfaces)

The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between.
- The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.
The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
The connection between a user and a machine.
- The options are selected via the user interface.
(object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
- Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.
(object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.
(object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

Verb

interface (third-person singular simple present interfaces, present participle interfacing, simple past and past participle interfaced)

(transitive) To construct an interface for.
(ambitransitive) To connect through an interface.
(intransitive) To serve as an interface.
(intransitive) To meet for discussion.
- Let's interface on Wednesday.

interface meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

interface in Hindi

point of interconnection between entities: राब्ता rābtā, वास्ता vāstā
computing: point of interconnection between systems or subsystems: इंटरफ़ेस iṇṭarfes
computing: connection between a user and a machine: इंटरफ़ेस iṇṭarfes

interface in Tamil

இடைமுகம், இடைமுகப்பு

interface in Marathi

इंटरफेस, आंतरपृष्ठ

interface in Urdu

computing: point of interconnection between systems or subsystems: انٹرفیس inṭarfes

More languagesFewer languages

interface in Bengali: সংযোগস্থল, ইন্টারফেস
interface in Telugu: ఇంటర్ఫేస్, అంతర్ముఖము, అంతర్ముఖం
interface in Malayalam: സമ്പർക്കമുഖം sampaṟkkamukhaṁ
interface in Kannada: ಸಂಪರ್ಕ
interface in Punjabi: ਇੰਟਰਫੇਸ, ਇੰਟਰਫੈੱਸ, ਇੰਟਰਫੇਜ਼
interface in Gujarati: ઇન્ટરફેસ, ઈન્ટરફેસ
interface in Odia: ଇଣ୍ଟରଫେସ୍, ଅନ୍ତରାପୃଷ୍ଠ, ଇଣ୍ଟର୍ଫେସ୍
interface in Sanskrit: मध्यस्थ madhyastha
interface in Nepali: इन्टरफेस, ईन्टरफेस, इन्टरफेस्
interface in Arabic: تَعْشِيق taʕšīq, وَاجِهَة wājiha, واجِهَة wājiha
interface in Malay: antara muka, mengantaramukakan
interface in Indonesian: antarmuka
interface in Persian: رابط râbet, واسط vâset, ربطال
interface in Vietnamese: giao diện
Sindhi: باهمرُو bāmrū, باهَمرُو bāhamrū

Examples of interface in a sentence

I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
The software is self-contained, and doesn't interface with anything except the user.
We try to hire people who are a known quantity in the field of human interface design.

All 40 example sentences with interface

Forms of interface

Noun
plural	interfaces
Verb
third-person singular present	interfaces
present participle	interfacing
past participle	interfaced
past	interfaced

Plural of interface: interfaces

Origin of interface

From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).

Phrases with interface

Questions about interface

What does interface mean?: Interface means the point of interconnection or contact between entities.
What is interface in Hindi?: Interface in Hindi is राब्ता (rābtā), वास्ता (vāstā), इंटरफ़ेस (iṇṭarfes). See Interface meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is interface?: Interface can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce interface?: Interface is pronounced /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of interface?: The plural of interface is interfaces.

Words near interface in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: interface (page history and authors); interface (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interface (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Interface (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interface (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interface (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interface (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interface (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interface (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मध्यस्थ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); interface (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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