1. Représentation. Une image en couleurs, une image mentale.
2. Reflet. C'est l'image du bonheur.
3. Illustration. Un livre d'images.
4. Figure.
5. Reproduction. L'image projetée.
ETYM Latin effigies, from effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. Related to Feign.
A likeness of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); SYN. image, simulacrum.
ETYM French, figure, Latin figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. Related to Feign.
1. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; SYN. fig.
2. A representation of a bodily form (especially of a person).
3. A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating.
4. A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape.
5. A number.
6. An amount of money expressed numerically.
7. The impression produced by a person.
8. A figurative expression; SYN. metaphor, expression, trope.
ETYM Latin illustratio: cf. French illustration.
1. A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand.
2. Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive.
ETYM French, from Latin imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. Related to Imitate, Imagine.
An iconic mental representation; SYN. mental image.
ETYM Latin pictura, from pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. French peinture. Related to Paint.
1. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; SYN. image, icon, ikon.
2. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; SYN. pictorial matter.
3. A situation treated as an observable object; or; SYN. scene.
4. A typical example of some state or quality.
ETYM French représentation, Latin representatio.
1. A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; SYN. mental representation, internal representation.
2. A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting.
3. A visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.
4. An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.
5. The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group.
6. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent; SYN. delegacy, agency.
ETYM Old Eng. visioun, French vision, from Latin visio, from videre, visum, to see.
1. A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
2. A vivid mental image.
3. The perceptual experience of seeing; SYN. visual sensation.
(Alternate spelling: colourful).
1. Having striking color; SYN. colourful.
2. Striking in variety and interest.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for colorful.
ETYM French imaginatif.
(Used of persons or artifacts) Marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; SYN. ingenious, inventive.