单词 | figurant |
释义 | figurant[ fig-yuh-rant, -rahnt; French fee-gy-rahn ] / ˌfɪg yəˈrænt, -ˈrɑnt; French fi güˈrɑ̃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR figurant ON THESAURUS.COM nouna ballet dancer who does not perform solo. a performer with no spoken lines. Origin of figurantFirst recorded in 1775–80; from French, present participle of figurer “to figure, appear, represent,” from Old French, from Latin figūrāre, “to form, shape,” from figūra “form, composition”; see origin at figure Words nearby figurantfigment, figment of one's imagination, Figueres, figuline, figural, figurant, figurante, figurate, figurate number, figuration, figurative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for figurant
British Dictionary definitions for figurantfigurant / (ˈfɪɡjʊrənt) / nouna ballet dancer who does group work but no solo roles theatre a minor character, esp one who does not speak Derived forms of figurantfigurante (ˌfɪɡjʊˈrɒnt), fem nWord Origin for figurantC18: from French, from figurer to represent, appear, figure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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