• Original language:French
  • Original form and meaning:visage 'face, expression, mime'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English visage 14th c. 1. 'the face, the front part of the head, of a person (rarely of an animal)', 2. 'the face with reference to the form or proportions of the features', 3. 'the face or features as expressive of feeling or temperament, the countenance', 4. 'the face or visible side of the sun or the moon' (transferred sense), 5. 'an appearance or aspect' 1. 'the face or surface of the earth', 2. 'an image or likeness, a portrait', 3. 'an assumed appearance, an outward show, a pretence or semblance' OED
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Visage 17th c. 'face' (vulg.) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 133
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian visaggio 13th c. 'face' (old-italian) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 133
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

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