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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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επιφάνεια (epifáneiaf (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

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singular plural
nominative επιφάνειαα (epifáneiaa) επιφάνειαες (epifáneiaes)
genitive επιφάνειαας (epifáneiaas) επιφάνειών (epifáneión)
accusative επιφάνειαα (epifáneiaa) επιφάνειαες (epifáneiaes)
vocative επιφάνειαα (epifáneiaa) επιφάνειαες (epifáneiaes)

Derived terms

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References

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  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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