sight

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, singular, uncountable) The ability to see.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something seen.
4. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
5. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. (countable, uncountable) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
7. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
8. (countable, uncountable) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
10. (countable, uncountable) Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
2. (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
3. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/saɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: siȝht

Hérité de ancien anglais: siht

Appartenant à écossais: sicht

Appartenant à saterlandais: Sicht

Appartenant à frison occidental: sicht

Appartenant à néerlandais: zicht

Appartenant à allemand: Sicht

Appartenant à danois: sigte

Appartenant à suédois: sikte

In summary

From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.

Concepts

vue

vision

spectacle

apercevoir

👀

viseur

mire

voir

👀

allure

air

viser

aspect

curiosité

apparence

hausse

perception des couleurs

monuments

quelque chose à voir

principales attractions

truc à voir

amas

connaissance

lot

lumière

masse

montagne

⛰️

monument

observer

point de vue

regard

s’apercevoir

oeil

attraction touristique

Synonymes

view

vision

look

appearance

seeing

eyesight

spectacle

👓

aspect

scenery

scene

eye

👁️

see

👀

spot

landscape

aim

spy

notice

behold

panorama

vista

sense of sight

observe

attraction

catch sight of

detect

descry

tourist attraction

deal

glance

visual sense

gaze

lot

showplace

looking

countenance

mess

raft

image

ken

perceive

espy

landmark

prospect

show

distinguish

note

passel

apparition

mint

glimpse

Phrases

But don't let that out of your sight .

Mais ne laissez pas cela hors de votre vue.

No plan was so suggestive as that of quenching his sight .

Aucun plan n'était aussi suggestif que celui de l'éteinte de sa vue.