Plural of silhouette
regular plural
The plural of silhouette is silhouettes.
Forms of silhouette
| Singular | silhouette /ˌsɪlʊˈɛt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | silhouettes |
| Countable | countable |
Silhouettes in a sentence
- Great silhouettes overhead swashed the blue satin sky with scimitar wings—Magnificent Frigatebirds!2019, Nancy Corson Carter, A Green Bough: Poems For Renewal, page 6. From the entry swash
- Egypt's artists visually portrayed all humans and animals only as one-plane, flat silhouettes.1981, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry omnidimensional
- The designs showcased were two structured, sci-fi silhouettes in the Watson-generated colour palette of raisin black and Yankees blue.2017 June 2, Komal Sharma, “Where AI and fashion cross paths”, in liveMint. From the entry raisin black
- The traditional female silhouettes now flicker over fetishy leather boots.2015, Adrian Daub, Charles Kronengold, The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism, page 191. From the entry fetishy
- With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition.2010, Michael Engelhard, “Biking Cool”, in Michael Engelhard, editor, Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska, University of Alaska…. From the entry snotsicle
Meaning of silhouette
- noun An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
- noun A dark outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background.
- noun An outline of a garment as it appears on a wearer.
Questions about the plural of silhouette
- What is the plural of silhouette?
- The plural of silhouette is silhouettes.
- Is silhouette countable?
- Silhouette is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: silhouette (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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