vignette
[ vin-yet ]
/ vɪnˈyɛt /
noun
a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
a decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
any small, pleasing picture or view.
a small, graceful literary sketch.
verb (used with object), vi·gnet·ted, vi·gnet·ting.
Photography.
to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.
Origin of vignette
OTHER WORDS FROM vignette
vi·gnet·tist, nounWords nearby vignette
vigilante,
vigilantism,
vigilius,
vigintillion,
vigneron,
vignette,
vignetter,
vignetting,
vignola,
vigny,
vigo
Example sentences from the Web for vignetting
British Dictionary definitions for vignetting (1 of 2)
vignetting
/ (vɪˈnjɛtɪŋ) /
noun
the technique of producing a photographic vignette, esp a portrait, by progressively reducing the amount of light falling on the photographic surface towards the edges
the reduction in area of a light beam passing through a camera lens as the obliquity of the beam is increased
British Dictionary definitions for vignetting (2 of 2)
vignette
/ (vɪˈnjɛt) /
noun
verb (tr)
to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
- to decorate with vignettes
- to portray in or as in a vignette
Derived forms of vignette
vignettist, nounWord Origin for vignette
C18: from French, literally: little vine, from
vigne
vine; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text