picture

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  2. noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
  3. noun a clear and telling mental image

Etymology

From Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.

In classic literature

Synonyms

image, icon, ikon

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