effigie

efiji

Definition

Definition of effigie - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

portraitreprésentation visuelle d'une personne sous différentes formes

L'effigie du roi ornait la place principale de la ville.

image

portrait

représentation

numismatiqueimage d'une personne gravée sur une monnaie ou médaille

Cette pièce porte l'effigie de Napoléon sur sa face.

empreinte

gravure

profil

justice ancienne

Dated

tableau montrant un condamné absent subissant sa peine

Dated

L'effigie du fugitif fut exposée publiquement selon la loi.

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Images of effigie

image d'une personne gravée sur une monnaie ou médaille

Expressions with effigie

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brûler en effigie

brûler une représentation d'une personne pour la condamner symboliquement

Les manifestants ont décidé de brûler le dictateur en effigie.

en effigie

adv.

sous forme de représentation pour exprimer colère ou rejet

Les manifestants ont brûlé le dictateur en effigie.

Origin of effigie

latin, effigies (image, représentation)

Terms with effigie included in their meaning

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côté face

pièce monnaie

côté d'une pièce de monnaie qui porte l'effigie principale

Examples of effigie in a sentence

Ils ont brûlé l'effigie du dictateur lors de la manifestation.
L'effigie du roi figure sur cette médaille ancienne.
Ils collectionnent les pièces à l'effigie de Marianne.
L'effigie fut brûlée sur la place publique.
On plaça l'effigie devant le tribunal pour le jugement.

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English:effigy, representation of a convict, ...
German:Abbild, Kopfprägung, ...
Italian:effigie, ritratto punitivo, ...
Spanish:efigie, retrato judicial, ...
Portuguese:efígie, ...
Chinese:肖像, 头像, ...
Japanese:肖像, 人形, ...
Arabic:تمثال نصفي, صورة نقشية, ...
Hebrew:דְּיוֹקָן, דְּמוּת, ...
Russian:изображение, эффигия, ...
Ukrainian:ефігія, профіль, ...
Catalan:efígie, ...
Danish:billede, effigi, ...
Dutch:beeltenis, portret, ...
Greek:εικόνα, εφίγεια, ...
Hungarian:képmás, arckép, ...
Khmer:រូបតំណាង, រូបព្រះភក្ត្រ, ...
Korean:초상, 초상화, ...
Polish:wizerunek, efigia, ...
Portuguese (BR):imagem, efígie, ...
Romanian:efigie, portret simbolic al condamnatului, ...
Swedish:avbild, bildstod, ...
Thai:ภาพเหมือน, พระบรมรูป, ...
Turkish:efiji, portre, ...
Vietnamese:hình tượng, hình chân dung, ...

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