Each vignette adds something distinct to the film.
Source: tatoeba (9948831)
Vignette
//vɪnˈjɛt//
Synonyms for "vignette" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
mezzotintnegativenouvellenovelnovel of characternovel of ideasnovel of incidentnovel of mannersnovel of sensibilitynovelettenovellaparticularizationpastelpen-and-inkpencil drawingpenny dreadfulphotographpicaresque novelpicturepornographic novel
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portraitportraitureportrayalprintproblem novelprofileproletarian novelpropaganda novelpsychological novelregional novelrenderingrenditionrepresentationriver novelromanroman a clefroman-fleuverough copyrough draftrough outlinerubber-block printsatirical novelscience-fiction novelsentimental novelshilling shockershort storyshort-shortsilhouettesilver-print drawingsinopiasociological novelspecificationstoriettestream-of-consciousness novelstudythesis noveltracingvivid descriptionwood engravingwoodblockwoodcutwoodprintword paintingxylograph
Noun(3 words)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
42 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- винетка noun (running ornament used in Gothic architecture)
- винетка noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- винетка noun (small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen)
Catalan
2 entries- vinyeta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- vinyeta noun (small borderless picture in a book)
Czech
1 entries- viněta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
Esperanto
2 entries- vinjeto noun (running ornament used in Gothic architecture)
- vinjeto noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
Finnish
3 entries- lyhyt kuvaus noun (short story)
- vinjetti noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- vinjetti noun (computer graphics: a slanting screen)
French
2 entries- vignette noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- vignette noun (small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen)
Galician
1 entries- viñeta noun (running ornament used in Gothic architecture)
German
4 entries- Szenerie noun (short story)
- Vignette noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- Vignette noun (small borderless picture in a book)
- Vignette noun (short story)
Hungarian
1 entries- vignetta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
Italian
4 entries- vignetta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- vignetta noun (small borderless picture in a book)
- vignetta noun (small picture on a postage stamp)
- vignetta noun (small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen)
Korean
1 entries- 작은 삽화 noun (small borderless picture in a book)
Polish
3 entries- winieta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- winieta noun (photography: the characteristic of a camera lens)
- winieta noun (small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen)
Portuguese
4 entries- vinheta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- vinheta noun (small borderless picture in a book)
- vinheta noun (small picture on a postage stamp)
- vinhetagem noun (photography: the characteristic of a camera lens)
Russian
2 entries- винье́тка noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- винье́тка noun (small borderless picture in a book)
Spanish
4 entries- viñeta noun (running ornament used in Gothic architecture)
- viñeta noun (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book)
- viñeta noun (small borderless picture in a book)
- viñeta noun (short story)
Swedish
1 entries- vinjett noun (computer graphics: a slanting screen)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
A vignette is a short written description or a brief scene in a movie or play.
Source: tatoeba (10302331)
The centrality of this particular trope can been seen in the vignette adorning the opening page of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751–1752).
Source: wiktionary
A particular classroom incident, and the vignette I used to portray it, had a significant impact on the interpretative framework for my research into scientific literacy.
Source: wiktionary
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