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vignette

/vɪnˈjɛt/

Translations

vignettenoun

vignettes

/vɪnˈjɛt/

виньетка

The book's cover features an intricate vignette.

На обложке книги изображена сложная виньетка.

Additional translations

Synonyms

vignetteverb

vignetted

Past Simple

vignetted

Past Participle

vignetting

Gerund

/vɪnˈjɛt/

вставлять виньетку

The editor decided to vignette the photograph for the magazine cover.

Редактор решил вставить виньетку в фотографию для обложки журнала.

Synonyms

Definitions

vignettenoun

A brief evocative description, account, or episode.

The novel opens with a vignette of a bustling city street.

A small illustration or portrait photograph that fades into its background without a definite border.

The book's cover featured a vignette of the author.

A decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.

Each chapter of the book began with a beautifully drawn vignette.

In photography, a reduction of an image's brightness or saturation toward the periphery compared with the image center.

The dark vignette around the frame draws the viewer's eye to the center of the photograph.

vignetteverb

To create or portray a brief evocative description, account, or episode.

The author vignettes the protagonist's childhood in just a few paragraphs.

To give (a photograph or image) a gradual shading off around the edges, producing a vignette effect.

The designer vignetted the photo so that its borders faded smoothly into white.