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

	singular	plural
nominative	επιφάνειαα •	επιφάνειαες •
genitive	επιφάνειαας •	επιφάνειών •
accusative	επιφάνειαα •	επιφάνειαες •
vocative	επιφάνειαα •	επιφάνειαες •

Declension of επιφάνεια

Derived terms

• επιφάνεια εργασίας f (epifáneia ergasías)

 

References

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

Further reading

• επιφάνεια on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el