silhueta

Portuguese

Etymology

From French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician. His surname, in turn, comes from Basque zulueta (“holes, caves”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.ˈʎwe.tɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ˈʎwe.tɐ/, /si.ʎu.ˈwe.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: si‧lhu‧e‧ta

Noun

silhueta f (plural silhuetas)

  1. silhouette (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)
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