effigy

English

Etymology

From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛfədʒi/

Noun

effigy (plural effigies)

A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
A likeness of a person.

Synonyms

(a likeness of a person): figure, image, picture

Coordinate terms

(crude representation of a person): caricature

Translations

dummy or other crude representation

Bashkir: ҡарасҡы (qarasqï)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假人 (zh) (jiǎrén), 雕像 (zh) (diāoxiàng), 肖像 (zh) (xiàoxiàng)
Finnish: nukke (fi)
French: effigie (fr) f
German: Abbild (de) n, Bildnis (de) n, Puppe (de) f
Japanese: 肖像 (ja) (しょうぞう, shōzō)
Korean: 모형 (ko) (mohyeong)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: dukke (no) m or f, avbildning m or f
Persian: آدمک‎ (fa) (âdamak)
Polish: kukła (pl) f
Portuguese: efígie (pt) f
Romanian: efigie (ro) f
Russian: чу́чело (ru) n (čúčelo)
Spanish: efigie (es) f
Swedish: avbildning (sv)

likeness of a person

Catalan: efígie (ca) f
Finnish: kuva (fi)
French: effigie (fr) f
German: Bildnis (de) n
Japanese: 画像 (ja) (がぞう, gazō)
Korean: 초상 (ko) (chosang), 화상 (ko) (hwasang)

Latin: effigiēs f
Maori: pakoko
Russian: изображе́ние (ru) n (izobražénije), карти́на (ru) f (kartína), портре́т (ru) m (portrét), (likeness) схо́дство (ru) n (sxódstvo)
Spanish: efigie (es) f

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