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vignetting

vignetting is the present participle and gerund of vignette.

Meaning of vignette

Verb

vignette (third-person singular simple present vignettes, present participle vignetting, simple past and past participle vignetted)

  1. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
    • Long minutes afterwards the sun disclosed itself, high above the earth's rim, over a vignetted bank of edgeless mist.1922, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Book Five, Chapter 68

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Noun

vignetting (plural vignettings)

  1. An instance of vignette (effect where qualities vanish toward edges).

Forms of vignetting

pluralvignettings

Words formed from vignetting

Phrases with vignetting

Questions about vignetting

What does vignetting mean?
Vignetting means an instance of vignette (effect where qualities vanish toward edges).
What is vignetting the present participle and gerund of?
Vignetting is the present participle and gerund of vignette.
What part of speech is vignetting?
Vignetting is a noun.
What is the plural of vignetting?
The plural of vignetting is vignettings.

Words near vignetting in the dictionary

  1. vignette
  2. vignetted
  3. vignetter
  4. vignetters
  5. vignettes
  6. vignetting
  7. vignetting glass
  8. vignetting glasses
  9. vignetting paper
  10. vignetting papers
  11. vignettings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vignetting (page history and authors); vignette (page history and authors). 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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