visage

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See also: Visage and vissage

English

Etymology

From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman and from Old French visage, from vis, from Vulgar Latin as if *visāticum, from Latin visus (“a look, vision”), from vidēre (“to see”); see vision.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/, /vɪˈsɑd͡ʒ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪzɪd͡ʒ

Noun

visage (plural visages)

  1. Countenance; appearance; one's face.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:countenance
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:
      [T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334:
      Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French visage, from vis (from Latin visus) + -age, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *visāticum.

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Noun

visage m (plural visages)

  1. face (of a human)
    Synonyms: (vulgar) tronche; (slang) bouille; (vulgar) gueule; figure

Synonyms

  • face (only used in certain constructions, or in Canada)

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French visage.

Noun

visage (plural visages)

  1. (anatomy) face

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  • English: visage

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus. By surface analysis, vis +‎ -age. Compare Old Occitan vizatge.

Noun

visage oblique singular, m (oblique plural visages, nominative singular visages, nominative plural visage)

  1. (anatomy) face
    Synonyms: vis, face, volt

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