επιφάνεια

See also: ἐπιφάνεια

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia) with semantic loan from French superficie and surface.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.piˈfa.ni.a/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧φά‧νει‧α

Noun

επιφάνεια • (epifáneia) f (plural επιφάνειες)

  1. surface (the overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid)
  2. surface (the outside hull of a tangible object)
  3. (figuratively) surface (outward or external appearance)

Declension

Declension of επιφάνεια
singular plural
nominative επιφάνεια (epifáneia) επιφάνειες (epifáneies)
genitive επιφάνειας (epifáneias) επιφάνειών (epifáneión)
accusative επιφάνεια (epifáneia) επιφάνειες (epifáneies)
vocative επιφάνεια (epifáneia) επιφάνειες (epifáneies)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ επιφάνεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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