illustration

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

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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)^[1]

• illustrational
• photoillustration

• Japanese: イラスト

• cartoon
• diagram
• picture

illustration c (singular definite illustrationen, plural indefinite illustrationer)

1. illustration

• “illustration” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

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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

• illustrer

• → Turkish: ilüstrasyon

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

illustration c

1. an illustration

• illustratör
• illustrera

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