visage

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and from Old French visage, from vis, from Vulgar Latin as if *visāticum, from Latin visus (“a look, vision”), from vidēre (“to see”); see vision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

visage (plural visages)

1. Countenance; appearance; one's face.

Anagrams

• Veigas

Etymology

From Old French visage, from vis (from Latin visus) + -age, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *visāticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.zaʒ/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

visage m (plural visages)

1. face (anatomy)

Further reading

• “visage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French visage.

Noun

visage (plural visages)

1. (anatomy) face

Etymology

vis +‎ -age, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *visāticum, from Latin visus. Compare Old Occitan vizatge.

Noun

visage m (oblique plural visages, nominative singular visages, nominative plural visage)

1. (anatomy) face