different between visual vs invisible

English

Alternative forms

• visuall (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see visage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v????l/, /?v?zj??l/, /?v???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??u?l/, /?v??w?l/

Adjective

visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)

1. Related to or affecting the vision.
2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

visual (plural visuals)

1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
   • 2016, S. C. Sterling, Teenage Degenerate (page 5)

     It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.

2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch.

Derived terms

• have a visual on

Further reading

• visual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• visual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Auvils

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual (epicene, plural visuales)

1. visual

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.zu?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.zu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

visual (masculine and feminine plural visuals)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualitzar
• visualment

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “visual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “visual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “visual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais)

1. visual

Derived terms

• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?sual]
• Hyphenation: vi?su?al

Adjective

visual

1. visual,
   1. related to or affecting the vision.
   2. that can be seen; visible.

Affixations

Further reading

• “visual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?z?al/

Noun

visual f (plural visuaj)

1. view

Adjective

visual

1. visual

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vizu?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi?zwa?/

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais, comparable)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?swal/, [bi?swal]
• Hyphenation: vi?sual

Adjective

visual (plural visuales)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente
• campo visual

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old French invisible, from Late Latin inv?sibilis

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-v?z'?-b?l, IPA^(key): /?n?v?z?b(?)l/

Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
   • 2013, Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry (page 60)

     The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.

   Antonyms: apparent, visible

2. Not appearing on the surface.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) invis, hidden, latent

3. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.

4. (psychology) That is ignored by a person.

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Translations

Verb

invisible (third-person singular simple present invisibles, present participle invisibling, simple past and past participle invisibled)

1. To make invisible, to invisiblize.

Noun

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. (obsolete) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
2. (obsolete) A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
3. (obsolete) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible (epicene, plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.vi?zi.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.bi?zi.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.vi?zi.ble/

Adjective

invisible (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

Related terms

• invisibilitat

French

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi.zibl/

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

   Antonym: visible

2. invisible (not appearing on the surface)

   Synonym: caché

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

Further reading

• “invisible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• invisíbel

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible m or f (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblemente

Old French

Etymology

First recorded in the 13th century. Borrowed from Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular invisible)

1. invisible (not able to be seen)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (invisible, supplement)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbi?sible/, [?m.bi?si.??le]

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

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