"depiction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depiction.wav [Southern-England] Forms: depictions [plural]
Etymology: From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dépiction}} French dépiction, {{der|en|la|dēpictiō}} Latin dēpictiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depiction (countable and uncountable, plural depictions)
  1. (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual. Tags: countable Translations (lifelike image): বর্ণনা (bornona) (Bengali), representació [feminine] (Catalan), afbildning [common-gender] (Danish), uitbeelding [feminine] (Dutch), afbeelding [feminine] (Dutch), kuvaus (Finnish), représentation [feminine] (French), representación [feminine] (Galician), Darstellung [feminine] (German), Abbildung [feminine] (German), απεικόνιση (apeikónisi) [feminine] (Greek), dipinto [masculine] (Italian), descrizione [feminine] (Italian), avbildning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przedstawienie [neuter] (Polish), retrato [feminine] (Portuguese), reprezentare [feminine] (Romanian), изображе́ние (izobražénije) [neuter] (Russian), representación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-depiction-en-noun-N4QbVAkO Disambiguation of 'lifelike image': 90 0 0 10
  2. (countable) A drawing or painting. Tags: countable Translations (drawing or painting): afbeelding [feminine] (Dutch), kuva (Finnish), dépiction (French), ilustração [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-depiction-en-noun-qJi-mEUX Disambiguation of 'drawing or painting': 2 91 5 1
  3. (countable) A representation. Tags: countable Translations (representation): kuvaus (Finnish), Schilderung [feminine] (German), ábrázolás (Hungarian), attēlojums [masculine] (Latvian)
    Sense id: en-depiction-en-noun-yBM4I1Xe Disambiguation of 'representation': 3 6 91 0
  4. (uncountable) The act of depicting. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-depiction-en-noun-6DbqzFvB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 7 8 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: depict

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilustração"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representation",
      "word": "kuvaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schilderung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "representation",
      "word": "ábrázolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "representation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attēlojums"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depiction"
}

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