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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•gnette /vɪnˈyɛt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Arta decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter, or elsewhere in a manuscript.
- Show Businessa brief descriptive scene or episode in a play, movie, or the like.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•gnette (vin yet′),USA pronunciation n., v., -gnet•ted, -gnet•ting. n. - Fine Arta decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
- Fine Art, Printingan engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
- Fine Art, Printinga decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
- Fine Artany small, pleasing picture or view.
- Literaturea small, graceful literary sketch.
v.t. - Photographyto finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.
- French: literally, little vine (see vine, -ette); so called from vinelike decorations in early books
- 1745–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vignette /vɪˈnjɛt/ n - a small illustration placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter
- a short graceful literary essay or sketch
- a photograph, drawing, etc, with edges that are shaded off
- any small endearing scene, view, picture, etc
vb (transitive)- to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
- to portray in or as in a vignette
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, literally: little vine, from vigne vine; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a textviˈgnettist n |