HOW TO PRONOUNCE
vignette
/vɪnˈjɛt/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 0:41
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Stress “nette” and listen for the “ny” sequence.
Use two syllables, with a light opening vowel. The gn spelling leads into n and y rather than a hard g, followed by the strongest vowel and a final t.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The collection opens with a short vignette.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does vignette mean?
noun
- A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
- A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
- A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
verb
- To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
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IPA pronunciation
/vɪnˈjɛt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The name of Soutar has twice escaped my pen, and I feel I owe him a vignette.
After calling at one or two flat places, with low dams stretching out into the lake, whereon were stumpy lighthouses, like windmills without sails, the whole looking like a Dutch vignette, we came at midnight to Cleveland, where we lay all night, and until nine o’clock next morning.