German

Noun

Vignette f ‎(genitive Vignette, plural Vignetten)

1. sticker, adhesive label
2. (road tax sticker) vignette
3. (printing or literature) vignette

English

Noun

vignette ‎(plural vignettes)

1. (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
2. (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
3. (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
4. (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
5. The small picture on a postage stamp.
6. (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

Derived terms

• vignetter
• vignettist

See also

• colophon
• coronis

Translations

Verb

vignette ‎(third-person singular simple present vignettes, present participle vignetting, simple past and past participle vignetted)

1. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

Derived terms

• vignetting

French

Etymology

vigne +‎ -ette.

Noun

vignette f ‎(plural vignettes)

1. vignette
2. image, illustration, motif

Italian

Noun

vignette f

1. plural of vignetta