pictorial

illustré, imagé

Qui utilise des images pour montrer ou expliquer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Using pictures to show or explain something.

• The book offers a pictorial guide to birds.
• We kept a pictorial record of the trip.
• The instructions are mainly pictorial.

Synonymes : illustrated, visual

Expressions courantes : pictorial guide, pictorial record, pictorial history

imagé, évocateur

Qui décrit une chose avec assez de précision pour permettre de se la représenter.

En anglais simple : Describing something so clearly that you can imagine seeing it.

• Her pictorial description brought the garden to life.
• His prose has a strikingly pictorial quality.
• The poem uses pictorial language to describe winter.

Synonymes : vivid, graphic

Expressions courantes : pictorial description, pictorial language

pictorialiste

Qui ressemble à une peinture, notamment une photographie aux formes douces et aux effets artistiques.

En anglais simple : Looking like a painting, especially in photographs made with soft shapes and artistic effects.

• She prefers a pictorial style of photography.
• Soft focus gives the photograph a pictorial quality.
• His pictorial photographs resemble delicate paintings.

Synonymes : painterly

Expressions courantes : pictorial photography, pictorial style

reportage photographique

Article ou ensemble de documents composé principalement de photographies.

En anglais simple : An article or collection consisting mainly of photographs.

• The magazine published a pictorial of the island.
• Her latest pictorial features bright summer clothes.
• Two pictorials show how the city has changed.

Synonymes : photo feature, photo spread

Expressions courantes : fashion pictorial, magazine pictorial, pictorial of something

magazine illustré

Journal, magazine ou partie de ceux-ci contenant beaucoup d’images.

En anglais simple : A newspaper or magazine, or part of one, containing many pictures.

• He bought a weekly pictorial at the station.
• The old pictorials show fashions from the period.
• Her photograph appeared on the cover of a pictorial.

Synonymes : illustrated magazine

Expressions courantes : weekly pictorial, Sunday pictorial

timbre illustré

Timbre représentant un paysage local ou un élément de la culture locale.

En anglais simple : A postage stamp showing a local landscape or something from local culture.

• This pictorial shows a mountain lake.
• The album contains several early pictorials.
• Collectors admired the detailed design of the new pictorial.

Synonymes : pictorial stamp

Expressions courantes : collect a pictorial, early pictorial