depiction
/dɪˈpɪkʃən/dih-PIK-shuhn
/dɪˈpɪkʃən/dih-PIK-shuhn
Meaningthe act or result of painting
Common meaning: the act or result of depicting
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- pictto paint, colour inLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1378 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to paint, colour in’ → depiction
Journey through time
- Latinpingō, pīnxī, pictum‘to paint, colour in’
- Englishdepict‘to show in a picture or words’
- Englishformed in English from depictdepiction‘the act or result of depicting’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the act or result of painting. It can be inferred from any of: depict.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from depict + -ion (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- pingō, pīnxī, pictum Latin “to paint, colour in”
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