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Pronunciation / Transliteration: aek-ja
"우리는 책상 위에 예쁜 액자를 올려놓았다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A decorative border or case designed to hold, protect, and display a photograph or painting.
"She placed a family portrait in a silver picture frame on the mantelpiece." - 2
A rigid structure that encloses something such as a window pane or film cell.
"The carpenter carefully measured the wooden picture frame for the stained glass."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'picture', derived from the Latin 'pictura' meaning painting or drawing, and 'frame', from the Old French 'fram' or Germanic roots meaning to construct or form. Historically evolving in the late Middle Ages alongside the emergence of portable artwork, picture frames transitioned from ornate architectural altar pieces to domestic decorative borders for safeguarding and displaying photographs and illustrations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Picture frame" is said worldwide
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cadre photo
Transliteration: kadʁ fɔ.to
"Elle a acheté un beau cadre photo pour ses souvenirs de vacances."
Bilderrahmen
Transliteration: ˈbɪldɐˌʁaːmən
"Er hängte den Bilderrahmen an die Wand."
cornice
Transliteration: korˈniː.tʃe
"La fotografia è inserita in una cornice d'argento."
portarretratos
Transliteration: poɾ.ta.reˈtɾa.tos
"Puso el portarretratos sobre el escritorio de la oficina."
porta-retrato
Transliteration: ˈpɔʁ.tɐ ʁeˈtɾa.tu
"O porta-retrato novo destaca a foto da nossa viagem."
तस्वीर का फ्रेम
Transliteration: tasvīr kā frem
"उसने दीवार पर तस्वीर का फ्रेम लगाया।"
相框
Transliteration: xiāng kuāng
"这张全家福被放在一个精致的相框里。"
액자
Transliteration: aek-ja
"우리는 책상 위에 예쁜 액자를 올려놓았다."
写真立て
Transliteration: shashin-tate
"祖父母の写真立てをリビングルームに飾りました。"
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