illustration

See also: Illustration

English

Etymology

From Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“I illustrate”). Morphologically illustrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪl.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: il‧lus‧tra‧tion

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)

1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct;
2. The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
3. Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.

4. A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work.

   The illustration showing the water cycle made it much easier to understand for the children.

   The sleeve of the band's new CD includes illustrations from deceased former members.

5. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

Derived terms

• illustrational
• photoillustration

Descendants

• Japanese: イラスト

Translations

act of illustrating

• Bulgarian: илюстриране (bg) n (iljustrirane)
• Czech: ilustrace (cs) f
• Finnish: kuvittaminen (fi), havainnollistaminen (fi)
• Galician: ilustración (gl) f
• German: Illustration (de) f
• Ido: ilustro (io)
• Italian: illustrazione (it) f
• Portuguese: ilustração (pt) f
• Russian: иллюстри́рование (ru) n (illjustrírovanije)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), örnekleme (tr)
• Walloon: enimådjaedje m
• Welsh: egluriad m, eglurhad m

state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct

• Finnish: havainnollisuus (fi)

that which illustrates

• Bulgarian: илюстрация (bg) f (iljustracija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 例證 / 例证 (zh) (lìzhèng)

• Czech: ilustrace (cs) f
• Estonian: joonis
• Finnish: kuva (fi), esimerkki (fi), näyttö (fi)
• French: illustration (fr) f, représentation (fr) f
• German: Illustration (de) f
• Italian: esempio (it) m, immagine (it) f, esemplificazione (it) f, , dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 例 (ja) (れい, rei, ためし, tameshi), 実例 (ja) (じつれい, jitsurei)
• Norwegian: illustrasjon m
• Portuguese: ilustração (pt) f
• Russian: приме́р (ru) m (primér), иллюстра́ция (ru) f (illjustrácija)
• Spanish: ejemplo (es) m, ilustración (es) f, instrucción (es) f, estampa (es)
• Swedish: illustration (sv) n
• Tagalog: halimbawa (tl), ilustrasyon
• Turkish: çizim (tr), illüstrasyon (tr)
• Walloon: imådje (wa) f

picture designed to decorate or eludicate

• Bulgarian: илюстрация (bg) f (iljustracija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插圖 / 插图 (zh) (chātú), 插畫 / 插画 (zh) (chāhuà)

• Czech: ilustrace (cs) f
• Dutch: illustratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ilustraĵo (eo)
• Finnish: kuvituskuva (fi), kuva (fi)
• French: illustration (fr) f
• German: Illustration (de) f
• Greek: εικονογράφηση (el) f (eikonográfisi)
• Hungarian: illusztráció (hu)
• Ido: ilustruro (io)
• Indonesian: ilustrasi (id)
• Italian: illustrazione (it)
• Japanese: イラストレーション (ja) (irasutorēshon), イラスト (ja) (irasuto), 絵図 (ja) (えず, ezu), 絵 (ja) (え, e), 図 (ja) (ず, zu)
• Kazakh: суретсипат (suretsipat)
• Korean: 일러스트레이션 (illeoseuteureisyeon), 일러스트 (illeoseuteu), 그림 (geurim)
• Maori: pikitia whakaari
• Navajo: naʼachʼąąh
• Norwegian: illustrasjon m
• Polish: ilustracja (pl) f, rycina (pl) f
• Portuguese: ilustração (pt) f
• Russian: иллюстра́ция (ru) f (illjustrácija), рису́нок (ru) m (risúnok), карти́нка (ru) f (kartínka)
• Spanish: ilustración (es) f
• Swedish: illustration (sv) n
• Tagalog: ilustrasyon
• Thai: ภาพประกอบ (pâap-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp)
• Turkish: çizim (tr), illüstrasyon (tr), resim (tr)
• Ukrainian: ілюстра́ція f (iljustrácija)
• Walloon: dessén (wa) m, dessinaedje m
• Welsh: eglureb f, egluriad m

calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns

• Finnish: ennuste (fi)

See also

• cartoon
• diagram
• picture

Danish

Noun

illustration c (singular definite illustrationen, plural indefinite illustrationer)

1. illustration

Inflection

Declension of illustration

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	illustration	illustrationen	illustrationer	illustrationerne
genitive	illustrations	illustrationens	illustrationers	illustrationernes

References

• “illustration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin illūstrātiōnem, from illūstrō (“to illustrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

illustration f (plural illustrations)

1. illustration
2. photo, picture
3. (somewhat archaic) illustrious or celebrated one
   • 1852, Constitution faite en vertu des pouvoirs délégués par le Peuple français à Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte Par le vote des 20 et 21 décembre 1851 [Constitution Made by Virtue of the Powers Delegated by the French People to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte by the Vote of 20 and 21 December 1851], Paris: Imprimerie Schneider, page 17:

     Une seconde Assemblée formée de toutes les illustrations du pays

     A second assembly formed of all the illustrious figures of the country

Related terms

• illustrer

Descendants

• → Turkish: ilüstrasyon

Further reading

• “illustration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

illustration c

1. an illustration

Declension

Declension of illustration

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	illustration	illustrations
	definite	illustrationen	illustrationens
plural	indefinite	illustrationer	illustrationers
	definite	illustrationerna	illustrationernas

Related terms

• illustratör
• illustrera

References

• illustration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• illustration in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• illustration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)