Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Synonym of backlighting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: backlighting
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A similar effect achieved in painting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree French contre Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin diurnusnom. Late Latin diurnum Old French jor Middle French jour French jour French contre-jourbor. English contre-jour Borrowed from French contre-jour.
