surface

surface
surface [ˈsɜ:fɪs]
1. noun
surface f
• under the surface [of sea, lake] sous l'eau
• on the surface ( = at first sight) à première vue
• the road surface is icy la chaussée est verglacée
2. transitive verb
[+ road] revêtir (with de)
3. intransitive verb
[swimmer, diver, whale] remonter à la surface ; [submarine] faire surface ; [news] se faire jour
4. compounds
► surface area noun surface f
► surface mail noun courrier m par voie de surface
► surface-to-air adjective sol-air inv
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['sɜːfɪs] 1.
noun
1) lit surface f

on the surface — (of liquid) à la surface; (of solid) sur la surface

2) fig apparence f

to skim the surface of — effleurer [problem, issue]

beneath the surface he's shy — au fond il est timide

to come ou rise to the surface — se manifester

3) (of solid, cube) côté m
4) (worktop) plan m de travail
2.
noun modifier lit [transport] de surface; [worker] en surface; [wound] superficiel/-ielle

surface measurements — superficie f; fig superficiel/-ielle

3.
transitive verb faire le revêtement de

to surface something with — revêtir quelque chose de

4.
intransitive verb
1) lit [person, object] remonter à la surface; [submarine] faire surface
2) fig [tension, anxiety, racism] se manifester; [problem, evidence, scandal] apparaître
3) (reappear) [person] (after absence) refaire surface (colloq); (from bed) se lever; [object] réapparaître

English-French dictionary. 2013.

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