"silhouette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/, /ˌsɪ.ləˈwɛt/, /ˌsɪ.luːˈwɛt/ Audio: en-us-silhouette.ogg [US] Forms: silhouettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), a French politician. His surname, in turn, is (gallicized) Basque, from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, modern Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stern of zulo (“hole, cave”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|silhouette}} French silhouette, {{uder|en|eu|-}} Basque, {{cog|eu|Zulueta}} Basque Zulueta, {{m|eu|-ak}} -ak, {{m|eu|zulo||hole, cave}} zulo (“hole, cave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} silhouette (plural silhouettes)
  1. An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. Categories (topical): Art, Artistic works Translations (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color): silhoeët (Afrikaans), siluetë [feminine] (Albanian), خَيَال (ḵayāl) [masculine] (Arabic), ուրվագիծ (urvagic) (Armenian), սիլուետ (siluet) (Armenian), siluet (Azerbaijani), silueta (Basque), сілуэ́т (siluét) [masculine] (Belarusian), силуе́т (siluét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), silueta [feminine] (Catalan), 剪影 (jiǎnyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), silueta [feminine] (Czech), silhuet [common-gender] (Danish), silhouet [neuter] (Dutch), silueto (Esperanto), siluett (Estonian), siluetti (Finnish), varjokuva (Finnish), silhouette [feminine] (French), silueta [feminine] (Galician), სილუეტი (silueṭi) (Georgian), Silhouette [feminine] (German), Schattenriss [masculine] (German), σιλουέτα (silouéta) [feminine] (Greek), צְלָלִית (tslalít) [feminine] (Hebrew), रूपरेखा (rūprekhā) [feminine] (Hindi), छाया (chāyā) [feminine] (Hindi), sziluett (Hungarian), skuggamynd [feminine] (Icelandic), silueto (Ido), siluet (Indonesian), scáthchruth [masculine] (Irish), silhouette [feminine] (Italian), controluce [masculine] (Italian), sagoma [feminine] (Italian), シルエット (shiruetto) (Japanese), сұлба (sūlba) (Kazakh), силуэт (siluét) (Kazakh), 실루엣 (silluet) (Korean), силуэт (siluet) (Kyrgyz), adumbrātiō [feminine] (Latin), siluets [masculine] (Latvian), siluetas [masculine] (Lithuanian), силуе́та (siluéta) [feminine] (Macedonian), siluet (Malay), silhuett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), silhuett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), siloeta [feminine] (Occitan), سیلوئت (silu'et) (Persian), zarys (Polish), kontur (Polish), sylwetka [feminine] (Polish), contorno [masculine] (Portuguese), silhueta [feminine] (Portuguese), siluetă [feminine] (Romanian), силуэ́т (siluét) [masculine] (Russian), силуѐта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), siluèta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), silueta [feminine] (Slovak), silhueta [feminine] (Slovene), silueta [feminine] (Spanish), silhuett [common-gender] (Swedish), siluett [common-gender] (Swedish), silüet (Turkish), силуе́т (syluét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), siluet (Uzbek), hình bóng (Vietnamese), bóng (Vietnamese), amlinell [feminine] (Welsh), silwét [masculine] (Welsh), cysgodlun [masculine] (Welsh), biribiri (Yoruba), ojiji biribiri (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-silhouette-en-noun-FEIQ0T~s Disambiguation of Art: 69 21 10 Disambiguation of Artistic works: 56 21 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 28 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 31 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 40 16 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of 'representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color': 86 14
  2. (fashion) The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer. Categories (topical): Fashion
    Sense id: en-silhouette-en-noun-xy-SPrfW Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 40 16 Topics: fashion, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silhouet Derived forms: in silhouette

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/, /ˌsɪ.ləˈwɛt/, /ˌsɪ.luːˈwɛt/ Audio: en-us-silhouette.ogg [US] Forms: silhouettes [present, singular, third-person], silhouetting [participle, present], silhouetted [participle, past], silhouetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), a French politician. His surname, in turn, is (gallicized) Basque, from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, modern Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stern of zulo (“hole, cave”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|silhouette}} French silhouette, {{uder|en|eu|-}} Basque, {{cog|eu|Zulueta}} Basque Zulueta, {{m|eu|-ak}} -ak, {{m|eu|zulo||hole, cave}} zulo (“hole, cave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} silhouette (third-person singular simple present silhouettes, present participle silhouetting, simple past and past participle silhouetted)
  1. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
    Sense id: en-silhouette-en-verb-glNpKPPz Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 40 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silhouet

Noun [French]

IPA: /si.lwɛt/, /si.lu.ɛt/ Forms: silhouettes [plural]
Etymology: From Silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician, from Basque. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|Silhouette}} Silhouette, {{uder|fr|eu|-}} Basque Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} silhouette f (plural silhouettes)
  1. silhouette Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-noun-H-DqFVTz

Verb [French]

IPA: /si.lwɛt/, /si.lu.ɛt/
Etymology: From Silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician, from Basque. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|Silhouette}} Silhouette, {{uder|fr|eu|-}} Basque Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} silhouette
  1. inflection of silhouetter: Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: silhouetter
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-verb-11hoi~Bn Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 46 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 2 50 48
  2. inflection of silhouetter: Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: silhouetter
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-verb-2I0KwK38 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 46 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 2 50 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "სილუეტი"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "word": "silueto"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "word": "siluet"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "scáthchruth"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "silhouette"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "controluce"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sagoma"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiruetto",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "word": "シルエット"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sūlba",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "word": "сұлба"
        },
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          "roman": "siluét",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "silluet",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "word": "실루엣"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "siluet",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "siluéta",
          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
          "word": "siluet"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "silhuett"
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          "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
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          "word": "silhuett"
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      "ipa": "/ˌsɪ.ləˈwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪ.luːˈwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
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      "word": "silhouet"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "silhoeët"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siluetë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayāl",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَيَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "urvagic",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "ուրվագիծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "siluet",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "սիլուետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "siluét",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сілуэ́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "siluét",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "силуе́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnyǐng",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "剪影"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "silhuet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "silhouet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "silueto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "varjokuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silhouette"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "silueṭi",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "სილუეტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Silhouette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schattenriss"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "silouéta",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σιλουέτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tslalít",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צְלָלִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rūprekhā",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "रूपरेखा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "chāyā",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "छाया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "sziluett"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skuggamynd"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "silueto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scáthchruth"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silhouette"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "controluce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sagoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiruetto",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "シルエット"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sūlba",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "сұлба"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "siluét",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "силуэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "silluet",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "실루엣"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "siluet",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "силуэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adumbrātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siluets"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siluetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "siluéta",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "силуе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silhuett"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silhuett"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siloeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "silu'et",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "سیلوئت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "zarys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "kontur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sylwetka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silhueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siluetă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "siluét",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "силуэ́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "силуѐта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siluèta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silhueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "silhuett"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "siluett"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "silüet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "syluét",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "силуе́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "siluet"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "hình bóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "bóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amlinell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silwét"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cysgodlun"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "biribiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color",
      "word": "ojiji biribiri"
    }
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    "Étienne de Silhouette"
  ],
  "word": "silhouette"
}

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    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from Basque",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
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          "ref": "1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35",
          "text": "Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.",
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          "ref": "1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226",
          "text": "Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪ.ləˈwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪ.luːˈwɛt/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
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}

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    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Basque",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
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          "expansion": "→ English: silhouette",
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        }
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    },
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        {
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            "2": "silhueta",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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            "2": "siluetă",
            "bor": "1"
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        {
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            "2": "silüet",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      },
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        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician, from Basque.",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "silhouette#English"
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      ]
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    "Étienne de Silhouette"
  ],
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}

{
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    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Basque",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French undefined derivations",
    "French verb forms"
  ],
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        "2": "Silhouette"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "eu",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Basque",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "silhouetter"
        }
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        "inflection of silhouetter:\n## first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive\n## second-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "silhouetter#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "inflection of silhouetter:\n"
      ],
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    {
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of silhouetter:\n## first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive\n## second-person singular imperative",
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      ],
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        [
          "silhouetter",
          "silhouetter#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "inflection of silhouetter:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/si.lwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.lu.ɛt/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Étienne de Silhouette"
  ],
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}

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