illustration

From Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“I illustrate”).

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)

1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.

3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
4. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)[1]

From Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“I illustrate”).

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.stʁa.sjɔ̃/

illustration f (plural illustrations)

1. illustration

• illustrer

• “illustration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).