pictorial

English

Alternative forms

• pictoral (uncommon, possibly nonstandard)

Etymology

Latin pictōrius (“of painting”), from pictor (“painter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

pictorial (comparative more pictorial, superlative most pictorial)

1. Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
2. Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
   • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:

     Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

3. Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.

Derived terms

• pictorialism
• pictorially

Translations

of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures

Bulgarian: илюстрован (iljustrovan) Finnish: kuvallinen (fi) French: graphique (fr) German: bildhaft (de) Old English: gehīwendlīc Russian: карти́нный (ru) (kartínnyj) Spanish: gráfico (es) m

represented as if in picture

Bulgarian: изобразителен (bg) (izobrazitelen) Finnish: kuvauksellinen (fi), elävä (fi) Old English: gehīwendlīc

similar to painting

Catalan: pictòric (ca) m Finnish: maalauksellinen (fi) German: piktorialistisch Portuguese: pictorial m, pictórico (pt) m Spanish: pictórico (es) m

Noun

pictorial (plural pictorials)

1. A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof.

   Sunday Pictorial

2. An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs.

   Coordinate terms: gallery, slideshow

   The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.

3. (philately) A stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.
   • 1956 December, “Classified Advertisements: Stamp collecting”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 106, number 6, page 57:

     beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.

Translations

newspaper or magazine with many pictures

Bulgarian: илюстровано списание n (iljustrovano spisanie) Chinese: Mandarin: 畫報／画报 (zh) (huàbào) Finnish: kuvalehti (fi) French: illustré (fr) m German: Illustrierte (de) f Japanese: 画報 (ja) (がほう, gahō) Korean: 화보 (ko) (hwabo) Polish: ilustrowany magazyn m Russian: иллюстри́рованный журна́л m (illjustrírovannyj žurnál) Vietnamese: họa báo (vi)

article primarily featuring many photographs

Finnish: kuvareportaasi

stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture

Finnish: kuvamerkki

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pictorial.

Noun

pictorial n (plural pictoriale)

1. pictorial

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pictorial	pictorialul		pictoriale	pictorialele
genitive-dative	pictorial	pictorialului		pictoriale	pictorialelor
vocative	pictorialule			pictorialelor