"visage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/, /vɪˈsɑd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-visage.ogg Forms: visages [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzɪd͡ʒ 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|visage}} Middle English visage, {{der|en|xno|visage}} Anglo-Norman visage, {{der|en|VL.|*vīsāticum}} Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, {{der|en|la|vīsus||appearance, sight}} Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} visage (plural visages)
  1. Countenance; appearance; one's face. Synonyms: countenance Related terms: visaged, envisage, evidence, vision, visionary, visual, visualization, visualize Translations (countenance; appearance; face): مَلَامِح (malāmiḥ) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), سِحْنَة (siḥna) [feminine] (Arabic), лице (lice) [neuter] (Bulgarian), образ (obraz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), изражение (izraženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ڕوخسار (ruxsar) (Central Kurdish), სახე (saxe) (Georgian), გამომეტყველება (gamomeṭq̇veleba) (Georgian), Gesicht [neuter] (German), arc (Hungarian), roman (Indonesian), rupa muka (Indonesian), vultus [masculine] (Latin), facies [feminine] (Latin), چهره (čehre) (Persian), رخ (rox) (Persian), رخسار (roxsâr) (Persian), سیما (simâ) (Persian), oblicze [neuter] (Polish), выраже́ние лица (vyražénije lica) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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