adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pictorial
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.
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adj
Meaning 2
Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Sunday Pictorial
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noun
Meaning 5
An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.
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noun
Meaning 6
A stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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adjective
Meaning 7
pertaining to or consisting of pictures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pictorial perspective
- pictorial records
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pictural
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
evoking lifelike images within the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pictorial poetry and prose
- graphic accounts of battle
- a lifelike portrait
- a vivid description
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: graphic, lifelike, vivid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: periodical
History
Etymology
From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: илюстрован (iljustrovan) — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Esperanto: piktura — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Finnish: kuvallinen — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- French: graphique — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- German: bildhaft — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Old English: gehīwendlīc — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Polish: obrazkowy — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Russian: карти́нный (kartínnyj) — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Spanish: gráfico — of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures
- Bulgarian: изобразителен (izobrazitelen) — represented as if in picture
- Finnish: kuvauksellinen — represented as if in picture
- Finnish: elävä — represented as if in picture
- Old English: gehīwendlīc — represented as if in picture
- Catalan: pictòric — similar to painting
- Finnish: maalauksellinen — similar to painting
- German: piktorialistisch — similar to painting
- Portuguese: pictorial — similar to painting
- Portuguese: pictórico — similar to painting
- Spanish: pictórico — similar to painting
- Bulgarian: илюстровано списание (iljustrovano spisanie) — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Chinese Mandarin: 畫報 /画报 (huàbào) — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Finnish: kuvalehti — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- French: illustré — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- German: Illustrierte — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Japanese: 画報 (gahō) — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Korean: 화보 (hwabo) — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Polish: ilustrowany magazyn — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Russian: иллюстри́рованный журна́л (illjustrírovannyj žurnál) — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Vietnamese: họa báo — newspaper or magazine with many pictures
- Finnish: kuvareportaasi — article primarily featuring many photographs
- Finnish: kuvamerkki — stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture
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