surfacer
French, verb/syʁ.fa.se/
surfacer is spelled S-U-R-F-A-C-E-R (8 letters). Surfacer is a French verb meaning “to plane, to smooth (a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assurer une surface bien plane en utilisant une machine spécialisée”.
What does surfacer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plane, to smooth (a surface)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Assurer une surface bien plane en utilisant une machine spécialisée. 2. Enrichir la surface superficielle du sol pour améliorer la pousse des plantes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surfacer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- surfaçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- surfacé participle past
- surface first-person indicative present
- surfaces indicative present second-person
- surfaçons first-person indicative plural
- surfacez indicative plural present
- surfacent indicative plural present
- surfaçais first-person imperfect indicative
- surfaçait imperfect indicative singular
- surfacions first-person imperfect indicative
- surfaciez imperfect indicative plural
- surfaçaient imperfect indicative plural
- surfaçai first-person historic indicative
- surfaças historic indicative past
- surfaça historic indicative past
- surfaçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surfacer?
- /syʁ.fa.se/
- \syʁ.fa.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.