"contour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒntʊə(ɹ)/, /-tɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-contour.ogg [US] Forms: contours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|contour}} French contour, {{m|fr|contourner||}} contourner, {{prefix|en|con|tour}} con- + tour Head templates: {{en-noun}} contour (plural contours)
  1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. Translations (outline, boundary or border): очерта́ние (očertánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), конту́р (kontúr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 輪廓 (Chinese Mandarin), 轮廓 (lúnkuò) (Chinese Mandarin), ääriviiva (Finnish), contour [masculine] (French), Kontur [feminine] (German), contorno [masculine] (Italian), profilo [masculine] (Italian), 輪郭 (rinkaku) (alt: りんかく) (Japanese), оцрт (ocrt) [masculine] (Macedonian), контура (kontura) [feminine] (Macedonian), kontur (Malay), kontur [masculine] (Polish), contorno [masculine] (Portuguese), ко́нтур (kóntur) [masculine] (Russian), очерта́ние (očertánije) [neuter] (Russian), а́брис (ábris) (english: poetically or literarily) [masculine] (Russian), contorno [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-contour-en-noun-6EqFsJU4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with con- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 12 13 11 6 26 23 9 Disambiguation of 'outline, boundary or border': 83 5 8 3
  2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth. Categories (topical): Curves, Cartography Synonyms: contour line Translations (line on a map or chart): конту́р (kontúr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), korkeuskäyrä (Finnish), ligne de niveau [feminine] (French), Höhenlinie [feminine] (German), Höhenlinien [feminine, plural] (German), Isohypse [feminine] (German), Niveaulinie [feminine] (German), Höhenschichtlinie [feminine] (German), ισοϋψής (isoÿpsís) [feminine] (Greek), comhrian [masculine] (Irish), garisan kontur (Malay), hua (Maori), høydekurve [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), izolinia [feminine] (Polish), изоли́ния (izolínija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-contour-en-noun-~W7t6a3Y Disambiguation of Cartography: 5 30 16 4 10 32 3 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with con- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 27 11 3 23 28 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 12 13 11 6 26 23 9 Disambiguation of 'line on a map or chart': 2 98 0 0
  3. (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Cartography
    Sense id: en-contour-en-noun-FkRCbm3Y Disambiguation of Cartography: 5 30 16 4 10 32 3 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with con- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 27 11 3 23 28 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 12 13 11 6 26 23 9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (figurative) A general description giving the most important points. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-contour-en-noun-BIi21iJs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contour chase, contour feather, contour integral, contour interval, contour map, executive contour

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒntʊə(ɹ)/, /-tɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-contour.ogg [US] Forms: contours [present, singular, third-person], contouring [participle, present], contoured [participle, past], contoured [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|contour}} French contour, {{m|fr|contourner||}} contourner, {{prefix|en|con|tour}} con- + tour Head templates: {{en-verb}} contour (third-person singular simple present contours, present participle contouring, simple past and past participle contoured)
  1. (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contour-en-verb-Su5klSoH Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with con- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 27 11 3 23 28 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 12 13 11 6 26 23 9
  2. (transitive) To mark with contour lines. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cartography
    Sense id: en-contour-en-verb-VcOwZkQQ Disambiguation of Cartography: 5 30 16 4 10 32 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with con- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 21 12 3 13 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 27 11 3 23 28 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 12 13 11 6 26 23 9
  3. (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-contour-en-verb-~8GkrYj-

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.tuʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-contour.wav Forms: contours [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal of contourner Etymology templates: {{m|fr|contourner}} contourner Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} contour m (plural contours)
  1. contour Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-contour-fr-noun-LhAlpvCq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: contours [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m|contours}} contour m (plural contours)
  1. contour Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-contour-es-noun-LhAlpvCq Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for contour meaning in All languages combined (15.0kB)

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}

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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal of contourner",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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      ],
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.tuʁ/"
    },
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}

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      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
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        "Spanish nouns"
      ],
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}

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