en face

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en face

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Borrowed from French en face.

adjective

not comparable facing forward Botticelli's “Portrait of a Young Man” is his only known en face portrait.
not comparable across from; opposite The missa was printed in the original Latin with the English translation en face.

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"en face." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/en%20face. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"en face." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/en%20face.

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@misc{en_face_2026,
  title = {en face},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/en%20face},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}