pictorial
/pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/
pictorial adjective: of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
Adjective
pictorial (comparative more pictorial, superlative most pictorial)
- Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
- Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for...2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106
- Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.
Noun
pictorial (plural pictorials)
- A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof.
- Sunday Pictorial
- An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs.
- The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.
- A stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.
- beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.1956 December, “Classified Advertisements: Stamp collecting”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 106, number 6, page 57
pictorial meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
pictorial in Hindi
- चित्रात्मक
pictorial in Marathi
- चित्रात्मक, चित्रमय
pictorial in Bengali
- চিত্রাত্মক
pictorial in Telugu
- పిక్టోరియల్, చిత్రాత్మక
More languagesFewer languages
- pictorial in Malayalam
- ചിത്രത്തിൽ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിയ, പടങ്ങൾ വരച്ചു വിശദീകരിച്ച, മനോഹരമായ
- pictorial in Kannada
- ಚಿತ್ರಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ಸಚಿತ್ರಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ, ಚಿತ್ರಸಹಿತವಾದ
- pictorial in Punjabi
- ਚਿੱਤਰਾਤਮਕ
- pictorial in Gujarati
- ચિત્રમય citramya
- pictorial in Odia
- ଚିତ୍ରାତ୍ମକ
- pictorial in Nepali
- चित्रात्मक
- pictorial in Vietnamese
- họa báo
Examples of pictorial in a sentence
- As Christian discourse unfolds, it regularly blends "biblical" pictorial narration into its own ongoing pictorial narration.
- These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
- Paradigmata take the form of pictorial images as well as narrative.
Forms of pictorial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pictorial |
| superlative | most pictorial |
| alternative form | pictoral |
| Noun | |
| plural | pictorials |
Origin of pictorial
From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).
Words formed from pictorial
Words that rhyme with pictorial
- memorial
- monitorial
- territorial
- accessorial
- arboreal
- categorial
- equatorial
- factorial
- inquisitorial
- sartorial
- senatorial
- tutorial
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- accusatorial
- assessorial
- censorial
- combinatorial
- conspiratorial
- corporeal
- cursorial
- dictatorial
- directorial
- editorial
- enchorial
- epichorial
- executorial
- grallatorial
- imperatorial
- incorporeal
- intracorporeal
- lavatorial
- marmoreal
- multifactorial
- observatorial
- piscatorial
- primorial
- promontorial
- proprietorial
- purgatorial
- rasorial
- responsorial
- saltatorial
- scansorial
- sectorial
- spectatorial
- suctorial
- tectorial
- uxorial
- vectorial
- advertorial
- agitatorial
- amatorial
- ambassadorial
- ambulatorial
- ancestorial
- armorial
- assertorial
- auctorial
- auditorial
- authorial
- boreal
Questions about pictorial
- What does pictorial mean?
- Pictorial means of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
- What is pictorial in Hindi?
- Pictorial in Hindi is चित्रात्मक. See Pictorial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pictorial?
- Pictorial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pictorial?
- Pictorial is pronounced /pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/.
Words near pictorial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pictorial (page history and authors); pictorial (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pictorial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pictorial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pictorial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pictorial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pictorial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pictorial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ચિત્રમય (Gujarati) (page history and authors); pictorial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pictorial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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