superficialis

• suꝑficiālis (Medieval Latin)

From superficiēs (“top, surface”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.per.fi.kiˈaː.lis/, [s̠ʊpɛrfɪkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.per.fi.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [superfit͡ʃiˈäːlis]

superficiālis (neuter superficiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

1. (literal) of or pertaining to the surface; superficial
2. (figurative) superficial

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• faciēs
• superficiārius
• superficiēs

• “superficialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “superficialis”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.