siluet

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch silhouet (“silhouette”), from French silhouette, from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stern of zulo (“hole, cave”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ˈlu.ɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: si‧lu‧et

Noun

siluet (plural siluet-siluet)

1. silhouette
   1. (art) an illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Synonyms

• bebayang (Standard Malay)
• siluet, silhuet (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bersiluet

 

• siluet A
• siluet H
• siluet kaisar

 

Further reading

• “siluet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.