pictural
English
Etymology
picture + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/
Noun
pictural (plural picturals)
- (obsolete) A picture.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- Thence brought them to the second rowme, whose wals
Were painted faire with memorable gestes
Of famous wisards; and with picturals Of magistrates , of courts , of tribunals […]
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Adjective
pictural (comparative more pictural, superlative most pictural)
- (archaic, rare) Pictorial.
- 1828 March, Walter Scott, “Article XV. On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Edinburgh, 8vo, 1828. From the Quarterly Review.].”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume XXI, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1836, OCLC 912932667, pages 79–80:
- Horace Walpole, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a pictural sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow limits of the proper garden and orchard.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pictural in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pik.ty.ʁal/
Audio (file)
Adjective
pictural (feminine picturale, masculine plural picturaux, feminine plural picturales)
- (relational) painting
Further reading
- “pictural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “pictural” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “pictural” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Romanian
Etymology
From French pictural.
Adjective
pictural m or n (feminine singular picturală, masculine plural picturali, feminine and neuter plural picturale)
- pictorial
Declension
Declension of pictural
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | pictural | picturală | picturali | picturale | ||
| definite | picturalul | picturala | picturalii | picturalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | pictural | picturale | picturali | picturale | ||
| definite | picturalului | picturalei | picturalilor | picturalelor | |||