different between unes vs surface

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative feminine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?u.n?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?u.nes/

Article

unes f pl

1. feminine plural of un

Estonian

Noun

unes

1. inessive singular of uni

French

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative feminine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yn/

Noun

unes f

1. plural of une

Old French

Article

unes

1. some (feminine oblique singular indefinite article)
2. some (feminine nominative singular indefinite article)

Declension

Portuguese

Verb

unes

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of unir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?unes/, [?u.nes]

Verb

unes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of unir.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• unais

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /???n?s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?i?n?s/, /??n?s/

Verb

unes

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of uno

English

Etymology

From French surface.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/

Noun

surface (plural surfaces)

1. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
3. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

4. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
5. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Stocqueler to this entry?)

Synonyms

• overside
• superfice (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

• surficial

Translations

Verb

surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)

1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
4. (transitive) To bring to the surface.
   • 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182)

     Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.

5. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
6. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
7. (transitive) To make information or facts known.
8. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
9. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

Translations

French

Etymology

sur- +? face, calque of Latin superficies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.fas/
• Homophones: surfaces, surfacent

Noun

surface f (plural surfaces)

1. surface

Derived terms

Further reading

• “surface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).