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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseffet visuel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eh-fay vee-zwel
"Le film a remporté un prix pour ses effets visuels."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The imagery created, manipulated, or enhanced for a film or other moving-media production that does not exist during live-action filming.
"The sci-fi blockbuster relied heavily on cutting-edge visual effects to bring the alien world to life." - 2
An optical illusion or striking visual impact produced within a design or artistic medium.
"The lighting designer used mirrors to create a stunning visual effect across the stage."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'visualis' (pertaining to sight, from 'visus' meaning sight) combined with the Latin 'effectus' (accomplishment, performance, from 'efficere'). The phrase gained modern prominence in the late 19th and 20th centuries with the evolution of cinematography and digital image processing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Visual effect" is said worldwide
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effet visuel
Transliteration: eh-fay vee-zwel
"Le film a remporté un prix pour ses effets visuels."
visuelle Wirkung
Transliteration: viˈzu̯ɛlə ˈvɪʁkʊŋ
"Die visuelle Wirkung der Szene war atemberaubend."
effetto visivo
Transliteration: ef-fet-to vi-zi-vo
"Gli effetti visivi di questa pellicola sono straordinari."
efecto visual
Transliteration: eh-fek-to bee-swal
"La película destaca por sus impresionantes efectos visuales."
efeito visual
Transliteration: eh-fay-too vee-zwaow
"Os efeitos visuais do filme foram revolucionários."
दृश्य प्रभाव
Transliteration: drishya prabhāv
"इस फिल्म में अद्भुत दृश्य प्रभाव का उपयोग किया गया है।"
视觉效果
Transliteration: shì jué xiào guǒ
"这部电影的视觉效果非常震撼。"
시각 효과
Transliteration: sigak hyogwa
"그 영화는 화려한 시각 효과로 유명합니다."
視覚効果
Transliteration: shikaku kōka
"その映画の視覚効果は観客を驚かせた。"
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