
[Middle English, from Latin pictūra, from pictus, painted, past participle of pingere, to paint.]
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noun
verb
Idioms beginning with picture:
picture is worth a thousand words, one
In addition to the idiom beginning with picture, also see get the message (picture); in the picture; pretty as a picture; take a picture; the picture.
The idea that a picture suddenly falling off the wall betokens a death—especially if it is a portrait—has been current since at least the late 17th century, and is still not obsolete. The belief is quite understandable if one accepts that sudden unexplained happenings can be literally ominous and the fact that a portrait can symbolically represent the real person. In some circles, it was regarded as unlucky to hang pictures over a door or a bed. The first mention of this belief is in Igglesden (c.1932: 234) who reports it as a superstition of the theatre.
See also ‘CRYING BOY’ PAINTING.
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n.
A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.
"Behold great Daubert's picture here on view --
Taken from Life." If that description's true,
Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.
Jali Hane
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
— Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - billede, skildring, film
v. tr. - skildre, forestille sig
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Nederlands (Dutch)
beeld, schilderij, film, foto, toonbeeld, evenbeeld, toestand, plaatje, (mv) bioscoop, beschrijven, zich een voorstelling maken van, afbeelden
Français (French)
n. - peinture, tableau, image, dessin, illustration, (Cin) film, (TV) image
v. tr. - s'imaginer, se représenter
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Bild, Vorstellung, Film, Kino
v. - beschreiben, sich vorstellen, abbilden
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εικόνα, ζωγραφιά, (ζωγραφικός) πίνακας, έργο ζωγραφικής, προσωπογραφία (ιδ. φωτογραφική), προσωποποίηση, (πληθ.) κινηματογράφος, σινεμά
v. - απεικονίζω, ζωγραφίζω, σχηματίζω νοερή εικόνα, συλλαμβάνω με τη φαντασία, φαντάζομαι
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Italiano (Italian)
dipingere, immaginare, immagine, stampa, descrizione, quadro, rappresentazione, foto, film, illustrazione, bellezza
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - fotografia (f), pintura (f), quadro (m), cena (f), filme (m)
v. - pintar, retratar, fotografar, descrever, imaginar
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Русский (Russian)
изобразить, описать, вообразить, изображение, иллюстрация, картинка, описание, фотография, кинофильм
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Español (Spanish)
n. - imagen, grabado, retrato, descripción, pintura, cuadro, representación, visión, estampa, fotografía, foto, película, filme, cine, lámina, ilustración, precio
v. tr. - describir, pintar, dibujar, retratar, imaginar
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bild, illustration, tavla, målning, kort, foto, framställning, skildring, situation, avbild, film, bio, TV-bild, (vacker) syn
v. - avbilda, framställa, måla, skildra, föreställa sig, ge en bild av
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
画, 照片, 图画, 想像, 描绘, 描述, 拍摄
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 畫, 照片, 圖畫
v. tr. - 想像, 描繪, 描述, 畫, 拍攝
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그림, 사진, 영화 산업
v. tr. - 그리다, 묘사하다
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 絵, 絵画, 肖像, 写真, 映像, 映画, 映画館, 描写, 像
v. - 絵に描く, 描写する, 心に描く
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صورة, وصف دقيق, شريط سينمائي, لوحه, مشهد أو شيء جميل (فعل) يصور, يرسم, يتجلى, يتمثل, يتخيل, يتصور
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תמונה, ציור, תצלום, סרט, שלמות, מראה מרהיב, תיאור בע"פ או בכתב, הקרנת סרט, סמל ל-
v. tr. - צילם, צייר, תיאר, דמה ל-, דמיין
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