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

• 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