visage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French visage < Mediaeval Latin as if *visaticum < Latin visus (“‘a look, vision’”) < videre (“‘to see’”), pp. visus; see vision, and compare vis.

[edit] Noun

visage (plural visages)

1. Countenance; appearance; one's face.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:countenance

[edit] Related terms

• evidence
• vision
• visionary
• visual
• visualization
• visualize

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• visage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• visage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vi.zaʒ/, SAMPA: /vi.zaZ/

[edit] Etymology

From vis, from Latin visus.

[edit] Noun

visage m. (plural visages)

1. face (The part of the body)

[edit] Derived terms

• visagiste