description

Signification (Anglais)

1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
4. A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
5. The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
6. A descriptive linguistic survey.

Concepts

description

signalement

désignation

représentation

discussion

qualification

portrait

définition

explication

compte rendu

qualifiable

apparence

expression

figure

forme

croquis

esquisse

description de la nature

paysage

portrait d’un paysage

marque

genre

sorte

marquage

dénomination

commentaire

excuse

caractéristique

déclaration

déscription

caractérisation

charactérisation

image

conte

histoire

narration

récit

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”).

Phrases

The description ends abruptly during the Count's War , perhaps because of Helgesen's death .

La description se termine brusquement pendant la guerre du comte, peut-être à cause de la mort d'Helgesen.