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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also">See also: <a href="/wiki/Surface" title="Surface">Surface</a> and <a href="/wiki/surfac%C3%A9" title="surfacé">surfacé</a></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English">1 English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology">1.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation">1.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun">1.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Synonyms">1.3.1 Synonyms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Derived_terms">1.3.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_terms">1.3.3 Related terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations">1.3.4 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Verb">1.4 Verb</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Translations_2">1.4.1 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#French">2 French</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Etymology_2">2.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Pronunciation_2">2.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Noun_2">2.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Derived_terms_2">2.3.1 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Further_reading">2.4 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/surface" class="extiw" title="w:surface">surface</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/surface" class="extiw" title="w:surface">Wikipedia </a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">surface</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/superficies#English" title="superficies">superficies</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈsɜːfɪs/</li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈsɝːfəs/</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-surface.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/En-us-surface.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/En-us-surface.ogg/En-us-surface.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-surface.ogg" title="File:en-us-surface.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saddle_pt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Saddle_pt.jpg/220px-Saddle_pt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Saddle_pt.jpg/330px-Saddle_pt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Saddle_pt.jpg/440px-Saddle_pt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>A computer-generated representation of a surface</figcaption></figure> surface (plural <a href="/wiki/surfaces#English" title="surfaces">surfaces</a>) <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/overside" title="overside">overside</a> or up-side of a <a href="/wiki/flat" title="flat">flat</a> <a href="/wiki/object" title="object">object</a> such as a <a href="/wiki/table" title="table">table</a>, or of a <a href="/wiki/liquid" title="liquid">liquid</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1963, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Allingham" class="extiw" title="w:Margery Allingham">Margery Allingham</a>, “Foreword”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Governess" class="extiw" title="w:The China Governess">The China Governess: A Mystery</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatto_%26_Windus" class="extiw" title="w:Chatto & Windus">Chatto & Windus</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/483591931">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">2020 June 1, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Dark-Sky_Association" class="extiw" title="w:International Dark-Sky Association">DarkSky International</a>, <cite>Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://darksky.org/resources/guides-and-how-tos/lighting-principles/">[1]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Use the lowest light level required. Be mindful of surface conditions, as some surfaces may reflect more light into the night sky than was intended.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/outside" title="outside">outside</a> <a href="/wiki/hull" title="hull">hull</a> of a <a href="/wiki/tangible" title="tangible">tangible</a> <a href="/wiki/object" title="object">object</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2013 May 11, “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21577341-worlds-third-largest-area-ice-about-undergo-systematic">The climate of Tibet: Pole-land</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist" class="extiw" title="w:The Economist">The Economist</a></cite>, volume 407, number 8835, page 80:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">2013 July 20, “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21581981-what-pollution-some-opportunity-others-welcome-plastisphere">Welcome to the plastisphere</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist" class="extiw" title="w:The Economist">The Economist</a></cite>, volume 408, number 8845:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figurative</a>) Outward or external appearance. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1782, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicesimus_Knox" class="extiw" title="w:Vicesimus Knox">Vicesimus Knox</a>, “On knowing the world at an early age”, in <cite>Liberal education:  […]</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xNuP5iREAvUC&pg=PA394">[2]</a>, 4th edition, London: Charles Dilly  […], pages 393–394:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1907 August, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers" class="extiw" title="w:Robert W. Chambers">Robert W[illiam] Chambers</a>, chapter IX, in <cite>The Younger Set</cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Appleton_%26_Company" class="extiw" title="w:D. Appleton & Company">D. Appleton & Company</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/24962326">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">“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, […].</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a>) The <a href="/wiki/locus" title="locus">locus</a> of an <a href="/wiki/equation" title="equation">equation</a> (especially one with exactly two <a href="/wiki/degree_of_freedom" title="degree of freedom">degrees of freedom</a>) in a more-than-two-dimensional <a href="/wiki/space" title="space">space</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/overside#English" title="overside">overside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/superfice#English" title="superfice">superfice</a> (archaic)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/air-to-surface#English" title="air-to-surface">air-to-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/air-to-surface_missile#English" title="air-to-surface missile">air-to-surface missile</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alfven_surface#English" title="Alfven surface">Alfven surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alfv%C3%A9n_surface#English" title="Alfvén surface">Alfvén surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/antisurface#English" title="antisurface">antisurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/archaeosurface#English" title="archaeosurface">archaeosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/below_the_surface#English" title="below the surface">below the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/beneath_the_surface#English" title="beneath the surface">beneath the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_surface#English" title="Catalan surface">Catalan surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/caustic_surface#English" title="caustic surface">caustic surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/cavosurface#English" title="cavosurface">cavosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/control_surface#English" title="control surface">control surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/countersurface#English" title="countersurface">countersurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/datum_surface#English" title="datum surface">datum surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/desurface#English" title="desurface">desurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/detectable_warning_surface#English" title="detectable warning surface">detectable warning surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/developable_surface#English" title="developable surface">developable surface</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earth_Surface_Person&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Earth Surface Person (page does not exist)">Earth Surface Person</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/eigensurface#English" title="eigensurface">eigensurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/equipotential_surface#English" title="equipotential surface">equipotential surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ergosurface#English" title="ergosurface">ergosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/faying_surface#English" title="faying surface">faying surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fermi_surface#English" title="Fermi surface">Fermi surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9chet_surface#English" title="Fréchet surface">Fréchet surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/free_surface#English" title="free surface">free surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gaussian_surface#English" title="Gaussian surface">Gaussian surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/heating_surface#English" title="heating surface">heating surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hurwitz_surface#English" title="Hurwitz surface">Hurwitz surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/hypersurface#English" title="hypersurface">hypersurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/intersurface#English" title="intersurface">intersurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/isosurface#English" title="isosurface">isosurface</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=land-surface&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="land-surface (page does not exist)">land-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/lateral_surface#English" title="lateral surface">lateral surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/metasurface#English" title="metasurface">metasurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/microsurface#English" title="microsurface">microsurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/midsurface#English" title="midsurface">midsurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/minimal_surface#English" title="minimal surface">minimal surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Morin_surface#English" title="Morin surface">Morin surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/multisurface#English" title="multisurface">multisurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/nanosurface#English" title="nanosurface">nanosurface</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=near-surface&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="near-surface (page does not exist)">near-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/nonsurface#English" title="nonsurface">nonsurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/on_the_surface#English" title="on the surface">on the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/overspray_surface_texture#English" title="overspray surface texture">overspray surface texture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/palaeosurface#English" title="palaeosurface">palaeosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/paleosurface#English" title="paleosurface">paleosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/pseudosurface#English" title="pseudosurface">pseudosurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/resurface#English" title="resurface">resurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Riemann_surface#English" title="Riemann surface">Riemann surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/scratch_below_the_surface#English" title="scratch below the surface">scratch below the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/scratch_beneath_the_surface#English" title="scratch beneath the surface">scratch beneath the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/scratch_the_surface#English" title="scratch the surface">scratch the surface</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=sea-surface&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sea-surface (page does not exist)">sea-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Seifert_surface#English" title="Seifert surface">Seifert surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/streamsurface#English" title="streamsurface">streamsurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/sub-surface#English" title="sub-surface">sub-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/subsurface#English" title="subsurface">subsurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/subway-surface#English" title="subway-surface">subway-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfaceable#English" title="surfaceable">surfaceable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-active#English" title="surface-active">surface-active</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_analysis#English" title="surface analysis">surface analysis</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_area#English" title="surface area">surface area</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_boundary_layer#English" title="surface boundary layer">surface boundary layer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_car#English" title="surface car">surface car</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_clutter#English" title="surface clutter">surface clutter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_combatant#English" title="surface combatant">surface combatant</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display#English" title="surface-conduction electron-emitter display">surface-conduction electron-emitter display</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_discharge#English" title="surface discharge">surface discharge</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_energy#English" title="surface energy">surface energy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_etymology#English" title="surface etymology">surface etymology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_finish#English" title="surface finish">surface finish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_gravity#English" title="surface gravity">surface gravity</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_integral#English" title="surface integral">surface integral</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_layer#English" title="surface layer">surface layer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfaceless#English" title="surfaceless">surfaceless</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-level#English" title="surface-level">surface-level</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_lift#English" title="surface lift">surface lift</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacely#English" title="surfacely">surfacely</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_mail#English" title="surface mail">surface mail</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfaceman#English" title="surfaceman">surfaceman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-mount#English" title="surface-mount">surface-mount</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_mount#English" title="surface mount">surface mount</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_mounted#English" title="surface mounted">surface mounted</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_mounted_technology#English" title="surface mounted technology">surface mounted technology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-mount_technology#English" title="surface-mount technology">surface-mount technology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_mount_technology#English" title="surface mount technology">surface mount technology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_noise#English" title="surface noise">surface noise</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_normal#English" title="surface normal">surface normal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_of_revolution#English" title="surface of revolution">surface of revolution</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfaceome#English" title="surfaceome">surfaceome</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_patch#English" title="surface patch">surface patch</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_plasmon#English" title="surface plasmon">surface plasmon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_quality#English" title="surface quality">surface quality</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacer#English" title="surfacer">surfacer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_runoff#English" title="surface runoff">surface runoff</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_ship#English" title="surface ship">surface ship</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_street#English" title="surface street">surface street</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-supplied_diving#English" title="surface-supplied diving">surface-supplied diving</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_tension#English" title="surface tension">surface tension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-to-air#English" title="surface-to-air">surface-to-air</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-to-air_missile#English" title="surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-to-surface#English" title="surface-to-surface">surface-to-surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface-to-surface_missile#English" title="surface-to-surface missile">surface-to-surface missile</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfaceward#English" title="surfaceward">surfaceward</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacewards#English" title="surfacewards">surfacewards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_water#English" title="surface water">surface water</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_Web#English" title="surface Web">surface Web</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surface_web#English" title="surface web">surface web</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacic#English" title="surfacic">surfacic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacism#English" title="surfacism">surfacism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfacy#English" title="surfacy">surfacy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfel#English" title="surfel">surfel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/surfome#English" title="surfome">surfome</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/tactile_ground_surface_indicator#English" title="tactile ground surface indicator">tactile ground surface indicator</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/tactile_walking_surface_indicator#English" title="tactile walking surface indicator">tactile walking surface indicator</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/undersurface#English" title="undersurface">undersurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/under_the_surface#English" title="under the surface">under the surface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/worksurface#English" title="worksurface">worksurface</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/work_surface#English" title="work surface">work surface</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/surficial#English" title="surficial">surficial</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-up-side_of_a_flat_object"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">up-side of a flat object</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="up-side of a flat object"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/wiki/oppervlak#Afrikaans" title="oppervlak">oppervlak</a> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/oppervlak" class="extiw" title="af:oppervlak">(af)</a></li> <li>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/syprin%C3%AB#Albanian" title="syprinë">syprinë</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/syprin%C3%AB" class="extiw" title="sq:syprinë">(sq)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/sip%C3%ABrfaqe#Albanian" title="sipërfaqe">sipërfaqe</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/sip%C3%ABrfaqe" class="extiw" title="sq:sipërfaqe">(sq)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%AD#Arabic" title="سطح">سَطْح</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (saṭḥ)</li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մակերևույթ (page does not exist)">մակերեւույթ</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9" class="extiw" title="hy:մակերևույթ">(hy)</a> (makerewuytʻ), <a href="/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BD#Armenian" title="մակերես">մակերես</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BD" class="extiw" title="hy:մակերես">(hy)</a> (makeres)</li> <li>Asturian: <a href="/wiki/superficie#Asturian" title="superficie">superficie</a> <a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficie" class="extiw" title="ast:superficie">(ast)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/wiki/s%C9%99th#Azerbaijani" title="səth">səth</a> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C9%99th" class="extiw" title="az:səth">(az)</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%BCz%C9%99ri#Azerbaijani" title="üzəri">üzəri</a></li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="паверхня (page does not exist)">паве́рхня</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (pavjérxnja)</li> <li>Breton: <a href="/wiki/gorreenn#Breton" title="gorreenn">gorreenn</a> <a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/gorreenn" class="extiw" title="br:gorreenn">(br)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="повърхност (page does not exist)">повъ́рхност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:повърхност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (povǎ́rhnost)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie#Catalan" title="superfície">superfície</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie" class="extiw" title="ca:superfície">(ca)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2#Cantonese" title="表面">表面</a> (biu2 min6)</dd> <dd>Eastern Min: please add this translation if you can</dd> <dd>Gan: please add this translation if you can</dd> <dd>Hakka: <a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2#Hakka" title="表面">表面</a> (péu-mien)</dd> <dd>Hokkien: <a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2#Hokkien" title="表面">表面</a> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:表面">(zh-min-nan)</a> (piáu-bīn)</dd> <dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2#Mandarin" title="表面">表面</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2" class="extiw" title="zh:表面">(zh)</a> (biǎomiàn)</dd> <dd>Wu: please add this translation if you can</dd></dl></li> <li>Classical Nahuatl: <a href="/wiki/ixtli#Classical_Nahuatl" title="ixtli">īxtli</a></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/povrch#Czech" title="povrch">povrch</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/povrch" class="extiw" title="cs:povrch">(cs)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/overflade#Danish" title="overflade">overflade</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/overflade" class="extiw" title="da:overflade">(da)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/oppervlakte#Dutch" title="oppervlakte">oppervlakte</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oppervlakte" class="extiw" title="nl:oppervlakte">(nl)</a>, <a href="/wiki/oppervlak#Dutch" title="oppervlak">oppervlak</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oppervlak" class="extiw" title="nl:oppervlak">(nl)</a></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/surfaco#Esperanto" title="surfaco">surfaco</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/pinta#Finnish" title="pinta">pinta</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinta" class="extiw" title="fi:pinta">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">surface</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/surface" class="extiw" title="fr:surface">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/superficie#Galician" title="superficie">superficie</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficie" class="extiw" title="gl:superficie">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ზედაპირი">ზედაპირი</a> (zedaṗiri)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Oberfl%C3%A4che#German" title="Oberfläche">Oberfläche</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oberfl%C3%A4che" class="extiw" title="de:Oberfläche">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1#Greek" title="επιφάνεια">επιφάνεια</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:επιφάνεια">(el)</a> (epifáneia) <dl><dd>Ancient: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ἐπιπολή (page does not exist)">ἐπιπολή</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (epipolḗ)</dd></dl></li> <li>Higaonon: <a href="/wiki/taglutaw#Higaonon" title="taglutaw">taglutaw</a></li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2#Hindi" title="तल">तल</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2" class="extiw" title="hi:तल">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (tal)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn#Hungarian" title="felszín">felszín</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn" class="extiw" title="hu:felszín">(hu)</a></li> <li>Ido: <a href="/wiki/surfaco#Ido" title="surfaco">surfaco</a> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/surfaco" class="extiw" title="io:surfaco">(io)</a></li> <li>Indonesian: <a href="/wiki/permukaan#Indonesian" title="permukaan">permukaan</a> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/permukaan" class="extiw" title="id:permukaan">(id)</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/dreach#Irish" title="dreach">dreach</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/superficie#Italian" title="superficie">superficie</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficie" class="extiw" title="it:superficie">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2#Japanese" title="表面">表面</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A1%A8%E9%9D%A2" class="extiw" title="ja:表面">(ja)</a> (ひょうめん, hyōmen)</li> <li>Javanese: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Kazakh: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82#Kazakh" title="бет">бет</a> <a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82" class="extiw" title="kk:бет">(kk)</a> (bet), <a href="/wiki/%D2%AF%D1%81%D1%82#Kazakh" title="үст">үст</a> (üst)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%ED%91%9C%EB%A9%B4#Korean" title="표면">표면(表面)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%ED%91%9C%EB%A9%B4" class="extiw" title="ko:표면">(ko)</a> (pyomyeon)</li> <li>Ladino: <a href="/w/index.php?title=sovrefaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sovrefaz (page does not exist)">sovrefaz</a></li> <li>Latgalian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=vierss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vierss (page does not exist)">vierss</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/superficies#Latin" title="superficies">superficiēs</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/virsma#Latvian" title="virsma">virsma</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=pavir%C5%A1ius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="paviršius (page does not exist)">paviršius</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/danga#Lithuanian" title="danga">danga</a> <a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/danga" class="extiw" title="lt:danga">(lt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="површина">површина</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (površina)</li> <li>Malay: <a href="/wiki/permukaan#Malay" title="permukaan">permukaan</a> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/permukaan" class="extiw" title="ms:permukaan">(ms)</a></li> <li>Malayalam: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82#Malayalam" title="ഉപരിതലം">ഉപരിതലം</a> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82" class="extiw" title="ml:ഉപരിതലം">(ml)</a> (uparitalaṁ)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C4%81rewa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kārewa (page does not exist)">kārewa</a> (refers to liquids), <a href="/wiki/mata#Maori" title="mata">mata</a> <a href="https://mi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mata" class="extiw" title="mi:mata">(mi)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=karetai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="karetai (page does not exist)">karetai</a> (of a liquid), <a href="/wiki/kahu#Maori" title="kahu">kahu</a></li> <li>Mongolian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9#Mongolian" title="талбай">талбай</a> <a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="mn:талбай">(mn)</a> (talbaj)</li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/overflate#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="overflate">overflate</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/overflate" class="extiw" title="no:overflate">(no)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> or <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, (of a road) <a href="/wiki/dekke#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="dekke">dekke</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekke" class="extiw" title="no:dekke">(no)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <a href="/wiki/overflate#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="overflate">overflate</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (of a road) <a href="/wiki/dekke#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="dekke">dekke</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=superficia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="superficia (page does not exist)">superficia</a> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficia" class="extiw" title="oc:superficia">(oc)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/bradnes#Old_English" title="bradnes">brādnes</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/powierzchnia#Polish" title="powierzchnia">powierzchnia</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/powierzchnia" class="extiw" title="pl:powierzchnia">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie#Portuguese" title="superfície">superfície</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie" class="extiw" title="pt:superfície">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/suprafa%C8%9B%C4%83#Romanian" title="suprafață">suprafață</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/suprafa%C8%9B%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:suprafață">(ro)</a></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="поверхность">пове́рхность</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:поверхность">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (povérxnostʹ)</li> <li>Sanskrit: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95#Sanskrit" title="प्रतीक">प्रतीक</a> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95" class="extiw" title="sa:प्रतीक">(sa)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (pratīka)</li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="површина">по̏вршина</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/povr%C5%A1ina#Serbo-Croatian" title="površina">pȍvršina</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/povr%C5%A1ina" class="extiw" title="sh:površina">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Sinhalese: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="මතුපිට (page does not exist)">මතුපිට</a> (matupiṭa)</li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/povrch#Slovak" title="povrch">povrch</a></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/povr%C5%A1ina#Slovene" title="površina">površina</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/povr%C5%A1ina" class="extiw" title="sl:površina">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/superficie#Spanish" title="superficie">superficie</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficie" class="extiw" title="es:superficie">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/yta#Swedish" title="yta">yta</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/yta" class="extiw" title="sv:yta">(sv)</a></li> <li>Tagalog: <a href="/wiki/dayag#Tagalog" title="dayag">dayag</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=karayagan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="karayagan (page does not exist)">karayagan</a></li> <li>Telugu: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ఉపరితలం (page does not exist)">ఉపరితలం</a> (uparitalaṁ)</li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7#Thai" title="พื้นผิว">พื้นผิว</a> (pʉ́ʉn-pǐu)</li> <li>Tocharian B: <a href="/wiki/%C4%81nte#Tocharian_B" title="ānte">ānte</a></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/y%C3%BCzey#Turkish" title="yüzey">yüzey</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/y%C3%BCzey" class="extiw" title="tr:yüzey">(tr)</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F#Ukrainian" title="поверхня">пове́рхня</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="uk:поверхня">(uk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (povérxnja)</li> <li>Uyghur: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AA#Uyghur" title="بەت">بەت</a> (bet)</li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/m%E1%BA%B7t#Vietnamese" title="mặt">mặt</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%E1%BA%B7t" class="extiw" title="vi:mặt">(vi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/b%E1%BB%81_m%E1%BA%B7t#Vietnamese" title="bề mặt">bề mặt</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%E1%BB%81_m%E1%BA%B7t" class="extiw" title="vi:bề mặt">(vi)</a></li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/wiki/arwyneb#Welsh" title="arwyneb">arwyneb</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/arwyneb" class="extiw" title="cy:arwyneb">(cy)</a></li> <li>Yiddish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="אויבנאויף (page does not exist)">אויבנאויף</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (oybnoyf)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-outside_hull_of_a_tangible_object"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">outside hull of a tangible object</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="outside hull of a tangible object"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/pinta#Finnish" title="pinta">pinta</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinta" class="extiw" title="fi:pinta">(fi)</a></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1#Greek" title="επιφάνεια">επιφάνεια</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:επιφάνεια">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (epifáneia)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/fel%C3%BClet#Hungarian" title="felület">felület</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/fel%C3%BClet" class="extiw" title="hu:felület">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn#Hungarian" title="felszín">felszín</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn" class="extiw" title="hu:felszín">(hu)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-outward_or_external_appearance"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">outward or external appearance</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="outward or external appearance"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="външност (page does not exist)">външност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:външност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (vǎnšnost)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/pintapuoli#Finnish" title="pintapuoli">pintapuoli</a></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1#Greek" title="επιφάνεια">επιφάνεια</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:επιφάνεια">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (epifáneia)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn#Hungarian" title="felszín">felszín</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/felsz%C3%ADn" class="extiw" title="hu:felszín">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kin%C3%A9zet#Hungarian" title="kinézet">kinézet</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/kin%C3%A9zet" class="extiw" title="hu:kinézet">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/l%C3%A1tszat#Hungarian" title="látszat">látszat</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%A1tszat" class="extiw" title="hu:látszat">(hu)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-locus_of_an_equation_in_a_more-than-two-dimensional_space"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%AD#Arabic" title="سطح">سَطْح</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (saṭḥ)</li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մակերևույթ (page does not exist)">մակերեւույթ</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9" class="extiw" title="hy:մակերևույթ">(hy)</a> (makerewuytʻ)</li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/wiki/s%C9%99th#Azerbaijani" title="səth">səth</a> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C9%99th" class="extiw" title="az:səth">(az)</a></li> <li>Basque: <a href="/w/index.php?title=gainazal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gainazal (page does not exist)">gainazal</a></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="повърхност (page does not exist)">повърхност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:повърхност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (povǎrhnost)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie#Catalan" title="superfície">superfície</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/superf%C3%ADcie" class="extiw" title="ca:superfície">(ca)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/plocha#Czech" title="plocha">plocha</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/plocha" class="extiw" title="cs:plocha">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/oppervlak#Dutch" title="oppervlak">oppervlak</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oppervlak" class="extiw" title="nl:oppervlak">(nl)</a></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/surfaco#Esperanto" title="surfaco">surfaco</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/pinta#Finnish" title="pinta">pinta</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinta" class="extiw" title="fi:pinta">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">surface</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/surface" class="extiw" title="fr:surface">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%A4che#German" title="Fläche">Fläche</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A4che" class="extiw" title="de:Fläche">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/w/index.php?title=yfirbor%C3%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="yfirborð (page does not exist)">yfirborð</a> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/yfirbor%C3%B0" class="extiw" title="is:yfirborð">(is)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/dromchla#Irish" title="dromchla">dromchla</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/superficie#Italian" title="superficie">superficie</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficie" class="extiw" title="it:superficie">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Kazakh: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82#Kazakh" title="бет">бет</a> <a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82" class="extiw" title="kk:бет">(kk)</a> (bet)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%EA%B3%A1%EB%A9%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="곡면 (page does not exist)">곡면(曲面)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A1%EB%A9%B4" class="extiw" title="ko:곡면">(ko)</a> (gongmyeon)</li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/virsma#Latvian" title="virsma">virsma</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=pavir%C5%A1ius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="paviršius (page does not exist)">paviršius</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=superf%C3%ADcia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="superfícia (page does not exist)">superfícia</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/powierzchnia#Polish" title="powierzchnia">powierzchnia</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/powierzchnia" class="extiw" title="pl:powierzchnia">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/suprafa%C8%9B%C4%83#Romanian" title="suprafață">suprafață</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/suprafa%C8%9B%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:suprafață">(ro)</a></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="поверхность">поверхность</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:поверхность">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (poverxnostʹ)</li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ploskev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ploskev (page does not exist)">ploskev</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ploskev" class="extiw" title="sl:ploskev">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/yta#Swedish" title="yta">yta</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/yta" class="extiw" title="sv:yta">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/y%C3%BCzey#Turkish" title="yüzey">yüzey</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/y%C3%BCzey" class="extiw" title="tr:yüzey">(tr)</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F#Ukrainian" title="поверхня">поверхня</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="uk:поверхня">(uk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (poverxnja)</li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/m%E1%BA%B7t#Vietnamese" title="mặt">mặt</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%E1%BA%B7t" class="extiw" title="vi:mặt">(vi)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> surface (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/surfaces#English" title="surfaces">surfaces</a>, present participle <a href="/wiki/surfacing#English" title="surfacing">surfacing</a>, simple past and past participle <a href="/wiki/surfaced#English" title="surfaced">surfaced</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To provide something with a surface.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To apply a surface to something. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">The crew surfaced the road with bitumen.</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/rise" title="rise">rise</a> to the surface. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">There was great relief when the missing diver finally surfaced.</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/bring" title="bring">bring</a> to the surface. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2007, Patrick Valentine, <cite>The Sage of Aquarius</cite>, page 182:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figurative</a>) To come out of <a href="/wiki/hiding" title="hiding">hiding</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>, of <a href="/wiki/information" title="information">information</a>, <a href="/wiki/fact" title="fact">facts</a>, content, etc) To become known or <a href="/wiki/apparent" title="apparent">apparent</a>; to <a href="/wiki/appear" title="appear">appear</a> or be <a href="/wiki/found" title="found">found</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2013, George Walkden, “The status of hwæt in Old English”, in <cite>English Language and Linguistics</cite>, volume 17, number 3, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1360674313000129">→DOI</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Subordinate clauses, by contrast, exhibit V1 or V2 only around 35% of the time, with the verb usually surfacing later.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li>2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUoZRtzegkU">The Try Guys Tell All</a>" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20: <dl><dd>They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known. <ul><li>2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUoZRtzegkU">The Try Guys Tell All</a>" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20: <dl><dd>They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/work" title="work">work</a> a <a href="/wiki/mine" title="mine">mine</a> near the surface.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=surface&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_apply_a_surface_to_something"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to apply a surface to something</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to apply a surface to something"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/burkol#Hungarian" title="burkol">burkol</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/burkol" class="extiw" title="hu:burkol">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=beburkol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="beburkol (page does not exist)">beburkol</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/beburkol" class="extiw" title="hu:beburkol">(hu)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_rise_to_the_surface"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to rise to the surface</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to rise to the surface"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="показвам се на повърхността (page does not exist)">показвам се на повърхността</a> (pokazvam se na povǎrhnostta)</li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/opduiken#Dutch" title="opduiken">opduiken</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/opduiken" class="extiw" title="nl:opduiken">(nl)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=boven_water_komen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="boven water komen (page does not exist)">boven water komen</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=aan_de_oppervlakte_brengen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aan de oppervlakte brengen (page does not exist)">aan de oppervlakte brengen</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/nousta#Finnish" title="nousta">nousta</a> <a href="/wiki/pinta#Finnish" title="pinta">pintaan</a>, <a href="/wiki/nousta#Finnish" title="nousta">nousta</a> <a href="/wiki/pinta#Finnish" title="pinta">pinnalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/pintautua#Finnish" title="pintautua">pintautua</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/faire_surface#French" title="faire surface">faire surface</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/faire_surface" class="extiw" title="fr:faire surface">(fr)</a></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/auftauchen#German" title="auftauchen">auftauchen</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/auftauchen" class="extiw" title="de:auftauchen">(de)</a></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9#Greek" title="αναδύομαι">αναδύομαι</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9" class="extiw" title="el:αναδύομαι">(el)</a> (anadýomai)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADnre#Hungarian" title="felszínre">felszínre</a> <a href="/wiki/j%C3%B6n#Hungarian" title="jön">jön</a>/<a href="/wiki/emelkedik#Hungarian" title="emelkedik">emelkedik</a>, <a href="/wiki/felbukkan#Hungarian" title="felbukkan">felbukkan</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/felbukkan" class="extiw" title="hu:felbukkan">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=el%C5%91bukkan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="előbukkan (page does not exist)">előbukkan</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/el%C5%91bukkan" class="extiw" title="hu:előbukkan">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/felmer%C3%BCl#Hungarian" title="felmerül">felmerül</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/felmer%C3%BCl" class="extiw" title="hu:felmerül">(hu)</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/uachtar#Irish" title="uachtar">uachtar</a> <a href="https://ga.wiktionary.org/wiki/uachtar" class="extiw" title="ga:uachtar">(ga)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=venire_a_galla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="venire a galla (page does not exist)">venire a galla</a>, <a href="/wiki/emergere#Italian" title="emergere">emergere</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/emergere" class="extiw" title="it:emergere">(it)</a></li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=maiea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maiea (page does not exist)">maiea</a> (after diving), <a href="/wiki/aranga#Maori" title="aranga">aranga</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=puea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="puea (page does not exist)">puea</a></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="всплывать">всплыва́ть</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:всплывать">(ru)</a> (vsplyvátʹ)</li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Serbo-Croatian" title="испливати">ѝспливати</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="изронити (page does not exist)">изронити</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/isplivati#Serbo-Croatian" title="isplivati">ìsplivati</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/isplivati" class="extiw" title="sh:isplivati">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=izroniti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="izroniti (page does not exist)">izroniti</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/izroniti" class="extiw" title="sh:izroniti">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_bring_to_the_surface"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to bring to the surface</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to bring to the surface"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADnre#Hungarian" title="felszínre">felszínre</a> <a href="/wiki/hoz#Hungarian" title="hoz">hoz</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-for_information_to_become_known"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">for information to become known</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="for information to become known"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="изплувам (page does not exist)">изплувам</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:изплувам">(bg)</a> (izpluvam), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="разчувам се (page does not exist)">разчувам се</a> (razčuvam se)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/paljastua#Finnish" title="paljastua">paljastua</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/paljastua" class="extiw" title="fi:paljastua">(fi)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=tulla_julki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tulla julki (page does not exist)">tulla julki</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/faire_surface#French" title="faire surface">faire surface</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/faire_surface" class="extiw" title="fr:faire surface">(fr)</a></li> <li>German: <a href="/w/index.php?title=publik_werden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="publik werden (page does not exist)">publik werden</a>, <a href="/wiki/ans_Licht_kommen#German" title="ans Licht kommen">ans Licht kommen</a></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9#Greek" title="αναδύομαι">αναδύομαι</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9" class="extiw" title="el:αναδύομαι">(el)</a> (anadýomai)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/kider%C3%BCl#Hungarian" title="kiderül">kiderül</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/kider%C3%BCl" class="extiw" title="hu:kiderül">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/felsz%C3%ADnre#Hungarian" title="felszínre">felszínre</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=napvil%C3%A1gra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="napvilágra (page does not exist)">napvilágra</a> <a href="/wiki/ker%C3%BCl#Hungarian" title="kerül">kerül</a></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=venire_a_galla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="venire a galla (page does not exist)">venire a galla</a>, <a href="/wiki/emergere#Italian" title="emergere">emergere</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/emergere" class="extiw" title="it:emergere">(it)</a></li> <li>Russian: <a 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