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Borrowed from Middle French surface. By surface analysis, sur- + face. Doublet of superficies.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oppervlak — up-side of a flat object
• Albanian: syprinë — up-side of a flat object
• Albanian: sipërfaqe — up-side of a flat object
• Arabic: سَطْح (saṭḥ) — up-side of a flat object
• Armenian: մակերեւույթ (makerewuytʻ) — up-side of a flat object
• Armenian: մակերես (makeres) — up-side of a flat object
• Asturian: superficie — up-side of a flat object
• Azerbaijani: səth — up-side of a flat object
• Azerbaijani: üzəri — up-side of a flat object
• Bangi: etando — up-side of a flat object
• Belarusian: паве́рхня (pavjérxnja) — up-side of a flat object
• Breton: gorreenn — up-side of a flat object
• Bulgarian: повъ́рхност (povǎ́rhnost) — up-side of a flat object
• Catalan: superfície — up-side of a flat object
• Chinese Cantonese: 表面 (biu2 min6) — up-side of a flat object
• Hakka Chinese: 表面 (péu-mien) — up-side of a flat object
• Chinese: 表面 (zh-min-nan) — up-side of a flat object
• Chinese Mandarin: 表面 (biǎomiàn) — up-side of a flat object
• Czech: povrch — up-side of a flat object
• Danish: overflade — up-side of a flat object
• Dutch: oppervlakte — up-side of a flat object
• Dutch: oppervlak — up-side of a flat object
• Esperanto: surfaco — up-side of a flat object
• Faroese: yvirflati — up-side of a flat object
• Finnish: pinta — up-side of a flat object
• French: surface — up-side of a flat object
• Galician: superficie — up-side of a flat object
• Georgian: ზედაპირი (zedaṗiri) — up-side of a flat object
• German: Oberfläche — up-side of a flat object
• Greek: επιφάνεια (epifáneia) — up-side of a flat object
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιπολή (epipolḗ) — up-side of a flat object
• Higaonon: taglutaw — up-side of a flat object
• Hindi: तल (tal) — up-side of a flat object
• Hungarian: felszín — up-side of a flat object
• Icelandic: yfirborð — up-side of a flat object
• Ido: surfaco — up-side of a flat object
• Indonesian: permukaan — up-side of a flat object
• Irish: dreach — up-side of a flat object
• Italian: superficie — up-side of a flat object
• Japanese: 表面 (hyōmen) — up-side of a flat object
• Kazakh: бет (bet) — up-side of a flat object
• Kazakh: үст (üst) — up-side of a flat object
• Korean: 표면 (pyomyeon) — up-side of a flat object
• Ladino: sovrefaz — up-side of a flat object
• Latgalian: vierss — up-side of a flat object
• Latin: superficiēs — up-side of a flat object
• Latvian: virsma — up-side of a flat object
• Lingala: etando — up-side of a flat object
• Lithuanian: paviršius — up-side of a flat object
• Lithuanian: danga — up-side of a flat object
• Macedonian: површина (površina) — up-side of a flat object
• Malay: permukaan — up-side of a flat object
• Malayalam: ഉപരിതലം (uparitalaṁ) — up-side of a flat object
• Māori: kārewa — up-side of a flat object
• Māori: mata — up-side of a flat object
• Māori: karetai — up-side of a flat object
• Māori: kahu — up-side of a flat object
• Mongolian: талбай (talbaj) — up-side of a flat object
• Khiamniungan Naga: ātshùi — up-side of a flat object
• Classical Nahuatl: īxtli — up-side of a flat object
• Norwegian Bokmål: overflate — up-side of a flat object
• Norwegian Bokmål: dekke — up-side of a flat object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overflate — up-side of a flat object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dekke — up-side of a flat object
• Occitan: superficia — up-side of a flat object
• Old English: brādnes — up-side of a flat object
• Polish: powierzchnia — up-side of a flat object
• Portuguese: superfície — up-side of a flat object
• Romanian: suprafață — up-side of a flat object
• Russian: пове́рхность (povérxnostʹ) — up-side of a flat object
• Sanskrit: प्रतीक (pratīka) — up-side of a flat object
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏вршина — up-side of a flat object
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍvršina — up-side of a flat object
• Sinhalese: මතුපිට (matupiṭa) — up-side of a flat object
• Slovak: povrch — up-side of a flat object
• Slovene: površina — up-side of a flat object
• Spanish: superficie — up-side of a flat object
• Swedish: yta — up-side of a flat object
• Tagalog: dayag — up-side of a flat object
• Tagalog: karayagan — up-side of a flat object
• Telugu: ఉపరితలం (uparitalaṁ) — up-side of a flat object
• Thai: พื้นผิว (pʉ́ʉn-pǐu) — up-side of a flat object
• Tocharian B: ānte — up-side of a flat object
• Turkish: yüzey — up-side of a flat object
• Ottoman Turkish: یوز (yüz) — up-side of a flat object
• Ukrainian: пове́рхня (povérxnja) — up-side of a flat object
• Uyghur: بەت (bet) — up-side of a flat object
• Vietnamese: mặt — up-side of a flat object
• Vietnamese: bề mặt — up-side of a flat object
• Welsh: arwyneb — up-side of a flat object
• Yiddish: אויבנאויף (oybnoyf) — up-side of a flat object
• Dutch: oppervlak — outside hull of a tangible object
• Dutch: buitenzijde — outside hull of a tangible object
• Finnish: pinta — outside hull of a tangible object
• Greek: επιφάνεια (epifáneia) — outside hull of a tangible object
• Hungarian: felület — outside hull of a tangible object
• Hungarian: felszín — outside hull of a tangible object
• Khiamniungan Naga: ātshùi — outside hull of a tangible object
• Bulgarian: въ́ншност (vǎ́nšnost) — outward or external appearance
• Finnish: pintapuoli — outward or external appearance
• Greek: επιφάνεια (epifáneia) — outward or external appearance
• Hungarian: felszín — outward or external appearance
• Hungarian: kinézet — outward or external appearance
• Hungarian: látszat — outward or external appearance
• Khiamniungan Naga: ātshùi — outward or external appearance
• Arabic: سَطْح (saṭḥ) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Armenian: մակերեւույթ (makerewuytʻ) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Asturian: superficie — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Azerbaijani: səth — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Basque: gainazal — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Bulgarian: повъ́рхност (povǎ́rhnost) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Catalan: superfície — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Czech: plocha — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Dutch: oppervlak — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Esperanto: surfaco — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Finnish: pinta — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• French: surface — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Galician: superficie — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• German: Fläche — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Hungarian: felület — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Icelandic: yfirborð — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Irish: dromchla — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Italian: superficie — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Kazakh: бет (bet) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Korean: 곡면 (gongmyeon) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Latvian: virsma — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Lithuanian: paviršius — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Occitan: superfícia — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Polish: powierzchnia — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Portuguese: superfície — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Romanian: suprafață — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Russian: поверхность (poverxnostʹ) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Slovene: ploskev — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Spanish: superficie — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Swedish: yta — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Turkish: yüzey — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Ukrainian: поверхня (poverxnja) — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Vietnamese: mặt — locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space
• Hungarian: burkol — to apply a surface to
• Hungarian: beburkol — to apply a surface to
• Arabic: طفا إلى السطح — to rise to the surface
• Bulgarian: показвам се на повърхността (pokazvam se na povǎrhnostta) — to rise to the surface
• Dutch: opduiken — to rise to the surface
• Dutch: boven water komen — to rise to the surface
• Dutch: aan de oppervlakte brengen — to rise to the surface
• Finnish: nousta pintaan — to rise to the surface
• Finnish: nousta pinnalle — to rise to the surface
• Finnish: pintautua — to rise to the surface
• French: faire surface — to rise to the surface
• German: auftauchen — to rise to the surface
• Greek: αναδύομαι (anadýomai) — to rise to the surface
• Hungarian: felszínre jön/emelkedik — to rise to the surface
• Hungarian: felbukkan — to rise to the surface
• Hungarian: előbukkan — to rise to the surface
• Hungarian: felmerül — to rise to the surface
• Irish: uachtar — to rise to the surface
• Italian: venire a galla — to rise to the surface
• Italian: emergere — to rise to the surface
• Māori: maiea — to rise to the surface
• Māori: aranga — to rise to the surface
• Māori: puea — to rise to the surface
• Russian: всплыва́ть (vsplyvátʹ) — to rise to the surface
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝспливати — to rise to the surface
• Serbo-Croatian: изронити — to rise to the surface
• Serbo-Croatian: ìsplivati — to rise to the surface
• Serbo-Croatian: izroniti — to rise to the surface
• Spanish: subir a la superficie — to rise to the surface
• Hungarian: felszínre hoz — to bring to the surface
• Spanish: subir a la superficie — to bring to the surface
• Arabic: طفا إلى السطح — (of information) to become known
• Bulgarian: изплувам (izpluvam) — (of information) to become known
• Bulgarian: разчувам се (razčuvam se) — (of information) to become known
• Finnish: paljastua — (of information) to become known
• Finnish: tulla julki — (of information) to become known
• French: faire surface — (of information) to become known
• German: publik werden — (of information) to become known
• German: ans Licht kommen — (of information) to become known
• Greek: αναδύομαι (anadýomai) — (of information) to become known
• Hungarian: kiderül — (of information) to become known
• Hungarian: felszínre/napvilágra kerül — (of information) to become known
• Italian: venire a galla — (of information) to become known
• Italian: emergere — (of information) to become known
• Russian: всплыва́ть (vsplyvátʹ) — (of information) to become known
• Russian: выясня́ться (vyjasnjátʹsja) — (of information) to become known