silhouette
English
/ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/
noun
Definitions
- An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
Etymology
Borrowed from French silhouette.
Origin
French
silhouette
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- silhouettist English
- Silhouette German
- silhouette French
- silhouetter French
- силуэт Russian
- silueta Spanish, Castilian
- silhuett Norwegian Bokmål
- silhuett Swedish
- シルエット Japanese
- sylwetka Polish
- silhuett Norwegian Nynorsk
- silueta Czech
- silueta Serbo-Croatian
- силуета Serbo-Croatian
- silueta Catalan, Valencian
- siluetă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- силуета Macedonian
- siluetas Lithuanian