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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician. His surname, in turn, comes from Basque zulueta (“holes, caves”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ʎuˈe.tɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /siˈʎwe.tɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ʎuˈe.tɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /siˈʎwe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ʎuˈe.ta/ , (faster pronunciation) /siˈʎwe.ta/
- Rhymes: -etɐ
- Hyphenation: si‧lhu‧e‧ta
Noun
silhueta f (plural silhuetas)
- silhouette (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)