"silhouette" meaning in French

See silhouette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /si.lwɛt/, /si.lu.ɛt/ Audio: Fr-silhouette.ogg Forms: silhouettes [plural]
Etymology: After Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), French Controller of Finances. De Silhouette's penny-pinching led to the term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as cheap or austere, such as an outline filled only with black. Étienne de Silhouette's surname is, in turn, gallicized Basque. It derives from from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, modern Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stem of zulo (“hole, cave”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|eu|-}} Basque, {{cog|eu|Zulueta}} Basque Zulueta Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} silhouette f (plural silhouettes)
  1. silhouette Tags: feminine Derived forms: silhouetter
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-noun-H-DqFVTz Categories (other): French undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /si.lwɛt/, /si.lu.ɛt/ Audio: Fr-silhouette.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} silhouette
  1. inflection of silhouetter:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: silhouetter
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-verb-830W49I4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 14 6 2 35 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 15 4 1 38 6 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 69 30
  2. inflection of silhouetter:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: silhouetter
    Sense id: en-silhouette-fr-verb-pY18MMXX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "text": "→ Dutch: silhouet"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: silhueta",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: silhueta"
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: siluetă",
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      "text": "→ Romanian: siluetă"
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          "expansion": "→ Turkish: silüet",
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: silhueta",
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        {
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            "1": "ro",
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: siluetă",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: siluetă"
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: силуэ́т (siluét)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "silüet",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Turkish: silüet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Turkish: silüet"
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      "ipa": "/si.lu.ɛt/"
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