interface

Other forms of interface

plural

interfaces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about interface

What does interface mean?

interface means "(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interface?

interface has 3 syllables: in-ter-face. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɚˌfeɪs/.

What is another word for interface?

Close synonyms include user interface, port. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interface a common word?

interface is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with interface?

7 words rhyme with interface. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.