different between visual vs visuals

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

Noun

visuals

1. plural of visual

Catalan

Adjective

visuals

1. plural of visual