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visage

vis·age
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [viz-ij]
    • /ˈvɪz ɪdʒ/
    • /ˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [viz-ij]
    • /ˈvɪz ɪdʒ/

Definitions of visage word

  • noun visage the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance. 1
  • noun visage aspect; appearance. 1
  • noun visage face 1
  • countable noun visage Someone's visage is their face. 0
  • noun visage face or countenance 0
  • noun visage appearance; aspect 0

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Origin of visage

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to vis face (< Latin vīsum sight, appearance (Vulgar Latin: face), noun use of neuter past participle of vidēre to see) + -age -age

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Parts of speech for Visage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

visage popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

visage usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for visage

noun visage

  • biscuit — A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • domino — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
  • dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.

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