VANITAS

Meaning of VANITAS in English

[ 'vanɪtα:s ]

■ noun a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability.

Origin

L., lit. 'vanity'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

VANITAS — (Latin: vanity), in art, an important type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands in the early 17th century, …
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VANITAS VANITATUM (ET OMNIA VANITAS) — (латинское) суета сует (и всяческая суета)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VANITAS VANITATUM (ET OMNIA VANITAS) — лат. суета сует (и всяческая суета)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VANITAS VANITATUM (ET OMNIA VANITAS) — лат. суета сует (и всяческая суета)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VANITAS VANITATUM (ET OMNIA VANITAS) — лат. суета сует (и всяческая суета)
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VANITAS VANITATUM (ET OMNIA VANITAS) — (латинское) суета сует (и всяческая суета)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VALDÉS LEAL, JUAN DE — born May 4, 1622, Sevilla, Spain died Oct. 15, 1690, Sevilla Spanish painter. Son of a Portuguese father, he was …
Английский словарь Британика
VAUNT — I. ˈvȯnt, -ä-, -ȧ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English vaunten, from Middle French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VANITY — I. ˈvanəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English vanite, from Old French vanité, from Latin vanitat-, vanitas …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VANITY — — vanitied , adj. /van"i tee/ , n. , pl. vanities , adj. n. 1. excessive pride in one's appearance, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VANITY — I. ˈva-nə-tē noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English vanite, from Anglo-French vanité, from Latin vanitat-, vanitas quality of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VANITY — ■ noun ( plural vanities ) 1》 excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements. ↘[as modifier …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VANITY — [van.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME vanite, fr. OF vanite, fr. L vanitat-, vanitas quality of being empty or vain, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STILL-LIFE PAINTING — depiction of inanimate objects for the sake of their qualities of form, colour, texture, and composition. Although decorative fresco murals …
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VALDS LEAL, JUAN DE NISA — born May 4, 1622, Seville died Oct. 15, 1690, Seville painter, president of the Seville Academy, and the major figure …
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HEDA, WILLEM CLAESZ(OON) — born c. 1594, Haarlem?, Neth. died Aug. 24, 1680, Haarlem one of the principal Dutch Baroque still life painters. Early …
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VANITY — / ˈvænəti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U ] ( disapproving ) too much pride in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAUNTED — vaunt ‧ ed /ˈvɔːntəd, ˈvɔːntɪd $ ˈvɒːn-, ˈvɑːn-/ BrE AmE adjective formal [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VANITY — van ‧ i ‧ ty /ˈvænəti, ˈvænɪti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural vanities ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VANITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 conceit and desire for admiration of one's personal attainments or attractions. 2 a futility or unsubstantiality …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VANITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 conceit and desire for admiration of one's personal attainments or attractions. 2 a futility or unsubstantiality …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VANITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. conceit and desire for admiration of one's personal attainments or attractions. 2 a futility or unsubstantiality …
Oxford English vocab
VALDÉS LEAL, JUAN DE — v. born May 4, 1622, Sevilla, Spain died Oct. 15, 1690, Sevilla Spanish painter. Son of a Portuguese father, he …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VANITY — n. 1. Emptiness, hollowness, triviality, worthlessness, futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness, falsity, vanitas vanitatum . 2. Conceit, conceitedness, egotism, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, petty …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PAINTING — n. 25B6; noun PICTURE, illustration, portrayal, depiction, representation, image, artwork, canvas. See lists. Painting Techniques and Methods acrylic painting mural …
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