different between avatar vs headshot
avatar
English
Alternative forms
- avatara (rare)
- Avator (obsolete)
Etymology
Attested 1784, borrowed from Hindustani ????? / ?????? (avt?r), from Sanskrit ????? (avat?ra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of ?? (ava, “off, away, down”) and the v?ddhi-stem of the root ??? (?t?, “to cross”).
In computing use, saw some use in 1980s videos games – 1985 online role-playing game Habitat by Lucasfilm Games (today LucasArts), by Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, later versions of the Ultima series (following religious use in 1985 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar), and 1989 pen and paper role-playing game Shadowrun. Popularized by the 1992 novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æv.??t??/, /?æv.?.t??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æv.?.t??/
- Hyphenation: av?a?tar
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
avatar (plural avatars)
- (Hinduism) the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
- The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification.
- (computing or video games) A digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room.
- Hyponyms: profile picture, user pic
Translations
See also
- Avatar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
Catalan
Etymology
From English, from Sanskrit.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.v??ta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.b??ta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.va?ta?/
Noun
avatar m (plural avatars)
- (computer games) avatar
Anagrams
- avarat, tarava
French
Etymology
From Hindustani ????? / ?????? (avt?r), from Sanskrit ????? (avat?ra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of ?? (ava, “off, away, down”) and the v?ddhi-stem of the root ???? (?t?, “to cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.va.ta?/
- Homophone: avatars
- Hyphenation: a?va?tar
Noun
avatar m (plural avatars)
- (Hinduism) avatar
- (computing) avatar
Further reading
- “avatar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English avatar, from Hindustani ????? / ?????? (avt?r), from Sanskrit ????? (avat?ra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of ?? (ava, “off, away, down”) and the v?ddhi-stem of the root ???? (?t?, “to cross”). Doublet of awatara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /avatar/
- Hyphenation: ava?tar
Noun
avatar
- avatar,
- (Hinduism) the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
- Synonym: awatara
- (computing) a digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room.
- (Hinduism) the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
Further reading
- “avatar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
avatar m (invariable)
- avatar (all senses)
Anagrams
- tarava, varata
Portuguese
Noun
avatar m (plural avatares)
- avatar
Romanian
Etymology
From French avatar.
Noun
avatar n (plural avataruri)
- avatar
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??ta?r/
- Hyphenation: a?va?tar
Noun
avàt?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- avatar
Declension
Spanish
Alternative forms
- avatara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aba?ta?/, [a.??a?t?a?]
Noun
avatar m (plural avatares)
- avatar
- vicissitudes, ups and downs (plural)
Further reading
- “avatar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
avatar From the web:
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- what avatar bender are you
- what avatar nation are you
- what avatar bender am i
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- what avatar element am i
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headshot
English
Etymology
head +? shot
Pronunciation
Noun
headshot (plural headshots)
- A portrait for branding and/or social media.
- A gunshot to the head.
- A one-page, double-sided resume of an actor, consisting of the actor's photograph (usually of the head and shoulders) on one side and his/her curriculum vitae on the other.
Translations
Anagrams
- hot-heads, hotheads
Polish
Etymology
From English headshot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?t.??t/
Noun
headshot m inan
- A headshot: a gunshot to the head; used mainly in reference to first-person-shooter video games.
- 2001 April 9, "Kilian" (username), "i takie tam", in pl.rec.gry.komputerowe, Usenet:
- 2. Bronie - jak to jest? Ja wywalam magazynek z M4 w go?cia i nic, a on dwa strza?y z ka?acha (bez headshota) i ja le?? - i to mimo kevlaru i he?mu.
- 2003 July 13, "PriSM" (username), "zwisy sieci", pl.comp.os.linux.sieci, Usenet:
- Lepsze to ni? jakby Ci mieli zasadzi? headshota z glocka na burst'cie :D
- 2003 October 19, "Master Chief" (username), "Max Payne 2", in pl.rec.gry.konsole, Usenet:
- Caly czas nie rozumiesz, jesli wezmiemy dwoch najlepszych gaczy w Halo na swiecie -jednego grajacego na myszce, drugiego na padzie i beda mieli zagrac, mecz na MALEJ planszy 1 vs 1 i kazdy z nich bedzie gral na swoich starych warunkach (wspomaganie celowania w wersji xb nie polega na auto aimie tylko na tym ze celownik na twoim przeciwniku porusza sie xx razy wolniej wzgledem twojego sensitive = kazdy headshot na padzie = kazdemu headshotowi na myszce) szanse sa 50%/50% i bedzie liczyc sie TYLKO taktyka i powtarzam Halo to nie Quake rozumiesz ?
- 2001 April 9, "Kilian" (username), "i takie tam", in pl.rec.gry.komputerowe, Usenet:
Declension
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- what headshots should look like
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