illustration

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• /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/
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• [ˌɪləsˈtɹ̝̊weɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪls̩ˈtɹ̝̊weɪ̯ʃn̩]
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• [ˌɪləsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔weɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪls̩ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔weɪ̯ʃn̩]
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 L AH0 S T R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“to illustrate”). By surface analysis, illustrate + -ion.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: илюстриране (iljustrirane) — act of illustrating
• Czech: ilustrace — act of illustrating
• Finnish: kuvittaminen — act of illustrating
• Finnish: havainnollistaminen — act of illustrating
• Galician: ilustración — act of illustrating
• German: Illustration — act of illustrating
• Hindi: चित्रांकन (citrāṅkan) — act of illustrating
• Ido: ilustro — act of illustrating
• Italian: illustrazione — act of illustrating
• Portuguese: ilustração — act of illustrating
• Russian: иллюстри́рование (illjustrírovanije) — act of illustrating
• Turkish: açıklama — act of illustrating
• Turkish: örnekleme — act of illustrating
• Walloon: enimådjaedje — act of illustrating
• Welsh: egluriad — act of illustrating
• Welsh: eglurhad — act of illustrating
• Finnish: havainnollisuus — state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct
• Bulgarian: илюстрация (iljustracija) — that which illustrates
• Chinese Mandarin: 例證 /例证 (lìzhèng) — that which illustrates
• Czech: ilustrace — that which illustrates
• Estonian: joonis — that which illustrates
• Finnish: kuva — that which illustrates
• Finnish: esimerkki — that which illustrates
• Finnish: näyttö — that which illustrates
• French: illustration — that which illustrates
• French: représentation — that which illustrates
• German: Illustration — that which illustrates
• Hindi: चित्र (citra) — that which illustrates
• Italian: esempio — that which illustrates
• Italian: immagine — that which illustrates
• Italian: esemplificazione — that which illustrates
• Italian: dimostrazione — that which illustrates
• Japanese: 例 — that which illustrates
• Japanese: 実例 (jitsurei) — that which illustrates
• Norwegian: illustrasjon — that which illustrates
• Portuguese: ilustração — that which illustrates
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — that which illustrates
• Russian: иллюстра́ция (illjustrácija) — that which illustrates
• Spanish: ejemplo — that which illustrates
• Spanish: ilustración — that which illustrates
• Spanish: instrucción — that which illustrates
• Spanish: estampa — that which illustrates
• Swedish: illustration — that which illustrates
• Tagalog: halimbawa — that which illustrates
• Tagalog: ilustrasyon — that which illustrates
• Turkish: çizim — that which illustrates
• Turkish: illüstrasyon — that which illustrates
• Walloon: imådje — that which illustrates
• Azerbaijani: illüstrasiya — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Azerbaijani: şəkil — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Bulgarian: илюстрация (iljustracija) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Chinese Mandarin: 插圖 /插图 (chātú) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Chinese Mandarin: 插畫 /插画 (chāhuà) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Czech: ilustrace — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Dutch: illustratie — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Esperanto: ilustraĵo — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Finnish: kuvituskuva — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Finnish: kuva — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• French: illustration — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Georgian: ილუსტრაცია (ilusṭracia) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• German: Illustration — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Greek: εικονογράφηση (eikonográfisi) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Hindi: चित्र (citra) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Hungarian: illusztráció — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Ido: ilustruro — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Indonesian: ilustrasi — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Italian: illustrazione — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Japanese: イラストレーション (irasutorēshon) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Japanese: イラスト (irasuto) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Japanese: 絵図 (ezu) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Japanese: 絵 (e) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Japanese: 図 (zu) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Kazakh: суретсипат (suretsipat) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Korean: 일러스트레이션 (illeoseuteureisyeon) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Korean: 일러스트 (illeoseuteu) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Korean: 그림 (geurim) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Macedonian: илустрација (ilustracija) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Māori: pikitia whakaari — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Navajo: naʼachʼąąh — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Norwegian: illustrasjon — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Polish: ilustracja — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Polish: rycina — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Portuguese: ilustração — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Russian: иллюстра́ция (illjustrácija) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Russian: рису́нок (risúnok) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Russian: карти́нка (kartínka) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Spanish: ilustración — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Swedish: illustration — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Tagalog: ilustrasyon — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Thai: ภาพประกอบ (pâap-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Turkish: çizim — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Turkish: illüstrasyon — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Turkish: resim — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Ukrainian: ілюстра́ція (iljustrácija) — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Walloon: dessén — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Walloon: dessinaedje — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Welsh: eglureb — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Welsh: egluriad — picture designed to decorate or eludicate
• Finnish: ennuste — calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns