En face
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What it means
From French — “facing forward.” Used in Polish in photography, art, and medicine to describe a front-facing view or portrait, as opposed to a profile. Also used colloquially to mean face-to-face.
Vocabulary
- en face — facing forward, full face (French)
Grammar note
Used as an indeclinable phrase in Polish — it does not change form regardless of grammatical context.
Cultural context
French loanwords and phrases are relatively common in Polish, a legacy of French cultural influence in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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