visage
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French vis, from Medieval Latin as if *visaticum, from Latin visus (“a look, vision”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision, and compare vis.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/
Noun [edit]
visage (plural visages)
- Countenance; appearance; one's face.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:countenance
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
countenance; appearance; face
External links [edit]
- visage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- visage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French vis, from Latin visus.
Noun [edit]
visage m (plural visages)
- face (anatomy)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French
Noun [edit]
visage (plural visages)
Synonyms [edit]
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
visage m (oblique plural visages, nominative singular visages, nominative plural visage)
Synonyms [edit]
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Anatomy
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Anatomy
- Old French nouns
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