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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch silhouet (“silhouette”), from French silhouette, from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stern of zulo (“hole, cave”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ˈlu.ɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Hyphenation: si‧lu‧et
Noun
siluet (plural siluet-siluet)
- silhouette
- (art) an illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
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