sight

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The ability to see.
2. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
3. Something seen.
4. Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
5. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
7. (colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
8. 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. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
10. Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Verb

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

Concepts

vue

vision

spectacle

apercevoir

viseur

mire

voir

allure

viser

air

aspect

curiosité

apparence

hausse

monument

perception des couleurs

observer

regard

oeil

attraction touristique

connaissance

point de vue

amas

lot

masse

montagne

monuments

quelque chose à voir

principales attractions

truc à voir

lumière

s’apercevoir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/saɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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