German

Noun

Silhouette f ‎(genitive Silhouette, plural Silhouetten)

1. silhouette

Synonyms

• Schattenriss

English

A silhouette of a skate.

Noun

silhouette ‎(plural silhouettes)

1. An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

   I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

Translations

Verb

silhouette ‎(third-person singular simple present silhouettes, present participle silhouetting, simple past and past participle silhouetted)

1. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [late 19th c.]

French

Etymology

From Silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician, from Basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /silwɛt/

Noun

silhouette f ‎(plural silhouettes)

1. silhouette

Verb

silhouette

1. first-person singular present indicative of silhouetter
2. third-person singular present indicative of silhouetter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of silhouetter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of silhouetter
5. second-person singular imperative of silhouetter