"superficiel" meaning in French

See superficiel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sy.pɛʁ.fi.sjɛl/ Audio: Fr-superficiel.ogg Forms: superficielle [feminine], superficiels [masculine, plural], superficielles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis. By surface analysis, superficie + -el. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la-lat|superficiālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis, {{surface analysis|fr|superficie|-el}} By surface analysis, superficie + -el Head templates: {{fr-adj}} superficiel (feminine superficielle, masculine plural superficiels, feminine plural superficielles)
  1. (relational) surface Tags: relational Synonyms: surfacique
    Sense id: en-superficiel-fr-adj-djzcYqhp Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) superficial, shallow (lacking substance) Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-superficiel-fr-adj-L-8GrqrM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -el, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -el: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superficiellement
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Inflected forms

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