English-Finnish translations for vignette

• lyhyt kuvaus
• vinjetti

Definition of vignette

• A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture
• Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge
• The central pictorial image on a postage stamp
• The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect
• To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away

Related words

• vignetting
• vignette#vignette (Angla)
• kirjallinen) vignette