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visage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision. See -age (“noun suffix”).

Meanings

1. Countenance; one's face.
   • Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was. 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334:
2. The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.
   • Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.
   • [T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung. 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:

Forms

Relateds

vision · visaged · visual · evidence · visualize · visualization · visionary · envisage · visually

Synonyms

George Best · phizog · favor · face · boat · ecaf · kisser · chevy chase · countenance · mush · dial · physiognomy · visage · pan · look · phiz · eek · complexion · mug · punim · map

Translations (26)

de Gesicht (countenance; appearance; face) · la vultus (countenance; appearance; face) · ota وجه (countenance; appearance; face) · fa رخسار (countenance; appearance; face) · pl oblicze (countenance; appearance; face) · ru выраже́ние лица (countenance; appearance; face) · ota چهره (countenance; appearance; face) · ota یوز (countenance; appearance; face) · fa سیما (countenance; appearance; face) · bg изражение (countenance; appearance; face) · eo aspekto (countenance; appearance; face) · es viso (countenance; appearance; face) · id roman (countenance; appearance; face) · fa رخ (countenance; appearance; face) · ar مَلَامِح (countenance; appearance; face) · ar سِحْنَة (countenance; appearance; face) · ka სახე (countenance; appearance; face) · hu arc (countenance; appearance; face) · la facies (countenance; appearance; face) · ckb ڕوخسار (countenance; appearance; face) · ka გამომეტყველება (countenance; appearance; face) · ota رو (countenance; appearance; face) · fa چهره (countenance; appearance; face) · bg лице (countenance; appearance; face) · id rupa muka (countenance; appearance; face) · bg образ (countenance; appearance; face)