Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

    bildhaft

    карти́нныйkartínnyj

    pertaining to or consisting of pictures

  2. Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.

  3. Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.

    piktorialistisch

Examples

2 sentences

  1. A metaphor is a pictorial expression.

    deEine Metapher ist ein bildhafter Ausdruck. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. We had our class pictorial.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures:
similar to painting:

Origin

From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).

From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).

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Forms

more pictorial, most pictorial
Comparativemore pictorial Lesson
Superlativemost pictorial Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words
Relatedpicture
Derivednonpictorialpictorialismpictorialistpictorialitypictorializepictoriallypictorialnesssubpictorialunpictorial

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pickyB2picnicA1pictureA1picturesqueB2pidgin

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