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vi·gnette
(vĭn-yĕt′)n.1. A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page.2. An unbordered picture, often a portrait, that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges.3. a. A short, usually descriptive literary sketch.b. A short scene or incident, as from a movie.
tr.v. vi·gnet·ted, vi·gnet·ting, vi·gnettes 1. To provide (a photograph or image) with indistinct or fading edges.2. To describe in a brief way.[French, from Old French, diminutive of
vigne,
vine (from the use of vine tendrils in decorative borders); see vine.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
vignette
(
vɪˈnjɛt)
n1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a small illustration placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a short graceful literary essay or sketch3. (Art Terms) a photograph, drawing, etc, with edges that are shaded off4. (Architecture)
architect a carved ornamentation that has a design based upon tendrils, leaves, etc5. any small endearing scene, view, picture, etc
vb (
tr) 6. (Art Terms) to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette7. a. to decorate with vignettesb. to portray in or as in a vignette[C18: from French, literally: little vine, from
vigne vine; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text] viˈgnettist
nCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
vi•gnette
(vɪnˈyɛt) n. 1. a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. 2. an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border. 3. a decorative design representing branches, leaves, etc., as in a manuscript. 4. a. a short, graceful literary sketch. b. a brief, quietly touching or appealing scene or episode in a play, movie, or the like. [1745–55; < French: literally, little vine (see vine, -ette)] vi•gnet′tist,
n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
vignette
Past participle: vignettedGerund: vignettingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast Conditional
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| I will be vignetting |
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:Switch to new thesaurus | Noun | 1. | vignette - a brief literary descriptionsketchdescription - the act of describing something |
| 2. | vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off graduallyphoto, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
| 3. | vignette - a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)sketch, study - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" |
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TranslationsVignetteZierleiste
vignette
[vɪˈnjet] N (
Phot, Typ) →
viñeta f; (=
character sketch) →
esbozo m en miniatura, esbocito m, estampa fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vignette
[vɪˈnjɛt] n (résumé) →
instantané mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
vignette
n →
Vignette f;
(= character sketch) →
Skizze f, →
kurze und prägnante DarstellungCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vignette
[vɪˈnjɛt] n (
description) →
quadretto; (
illustration in book) →
illustrazione f (
Art, Phot) →
ritratto a mezzo busto su sfondo sfumatoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Link to this page:
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References in classic literature ? He saw them together on the Lido and (those writing fellows are horrible) he wrote what he calls a
vignette (I suppose accidentally, too) under that very title. View in contextAfter calling at one or two flat places, with low dams stretching out into the lake, whereon were stumpy lighthouses, like windmills without sails, the whole looking like a Dutch
vignette, we came at midnight to Cleveland, where we lay all night, and until nine o'clock next morning. View in contextFinding himself without prospects on leaving college, he attempted painting, but in spite of his intimacy with Joseph Bridau, his life-long friend, he abandoned art to take up caricature,
vignette designing, and drawing for books, which twenty years later went by the name of "illustration." The influence of the Ducs de Maufrigneuse and de Rhetore, whom he knew in the society of actresses, procured him his employment under government in 1819. View in contextIn the
vignettes and other embellishments of some ancient books you will at times meet with very curious touches at the whale, where all manner of spouts, jets d'eau, hot springs and cold, Saratoga and Baden-Baden, come bubbling up from his unexhausted brain. View in contextThe words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding
vignettes, and gave significance to the rock standing up alone in a sea of billow and spray; to the broken boat stranded on a desolate coast; to the cold and ghastly moon glancing through bars of cloud at a wreck just sinking. View in contextIn the
vignettes of the Bear-garden and the Swan Theatre, for instance, the artist has managed to throw over his minute plate a wonderful air of pleasantness, a light which, though very delicate, is very theatrical. View in contextWhat characterized them was the clumsiness of too great strength - the clumsiness which the tyro betrays when he crushes butterflies with battering rams and hammers out
vignettes with a war-club. View in contextWestchester County, NY, October 18, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Furniture Sharehouse, Westchester's Furniture Bank, and Ethan Allen Hartsdale announce that a team from the design center is creating a special
vignette of stylish living room furniture to honor Furniture Sharehouse's 10th year of furnishing local Westchester families in need.Furniture Sharehouse & Ethan Allen Hartsdale Announce the #PowerOf10 Anniversary VignetteEach
vignette ends with a "Lesson Learned" explanation.Gershman's soul revealed in new bookParticipants were instructed to assess to which extent the behavior exhibited by the actor in each
vignette was acceptable, using a 9-point Likert scale ranging from very unacceptable (1) to very acceptable (9).Disentangling the effect of valence and arousal on judgments concerning moral transgressionsIl convient de rappeler que le Ministere des Finances et de l'economie a annonce, jeudi, dans un communique que les delais du paiement de la
vignette pour les voitures qui ont des plaques mineralogiques paires ont ete prolonges jusqu'au 14 mars 2014, et ce suite a la greve observee par les agents des recettes financieres.Remise des cartes grises et annulation des PV de contraventions pour ceux qui n'ont pas paye les vignettesEach
vignette applies thorough research, looking at all the points of the issues and taking into account the blistering debates over these controversies.Decoded
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