limn

Significat (Anglès)

1. (also, figuratively, transitive) To draw or paint; to delineate.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

Conceptes

representar

delinear

Sinònims

depict

delineate

portray

picture

draw

outline

paint

describe

put on

qualify

represent

shoot

show

apply

skeletonize

cartoon

color

colour

film

📽️

illustrate

inscribe

profile

Traduccions

delineare

disegnare

ζωγραφίζω

tratteggiare

delinear

χρωματογραφώ

dessiner

وصف

وَصَفَ

صوّر

dépeindre

décrire

peindre

représenter

προσωπογραφώ

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɪm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: limnen

In summary

From Middle English limnen, limyne, lymm, lymn, lymne (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), a variant of luminen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), short form of enluminen (“to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to make bright or clear; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript); to depict, describe; to adorn or embellish with figures of speech or poetry; to make famous, glorious, or illustrious”), from Old French enluminer (“to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript)”), from Latin illūminō (“to brighten, light up; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), from il- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’)) + lūminō (“to brighten, illuminate; to reveal”) (from lūmen (“light; (poetic) brightness”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine; to see”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).