pictorial
pronunciation
How to pronounce pictorial in British English:
UK [pɪkˈtɔ:riəl]
How to pronounce pictorial in American English:
US [pɪkˈtɔriəl,-ˈtor-]
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- Noun:
- a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to or consisting of pictures
- evoking lifelike images within the mind
Word Origin
- pictorial (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin pictorius "of a painter," from pictor "painter," from past participle stem of pingere "to make pictures" (see paint (v.)) + -al (1). The noun meaning "journal in which pictures are the main feature" is first recorded 1844. Related: Pictorially.
Example
- 1. My favorite english magazine is english pictorial .
- 2. According to the magazine pictorial display , the north korean authorities had also presented her limousine .
- 3. They may also include a pictorial design .
- 4. When we use irradiation tv cameras , and then taken to the pictorial display on the tv screen , it will create ?
- 5. A recent british vogue pictorial survey of the queen 's sartorial year suggested the monarch wears prints roughly 13 % of the time .