effigy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfəd͡ʒi/

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Noun

effigy (plural effigies)

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

   In England on Bonfire Night, an effigy is often burned.

2. A likeness of a person.
   • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎^[1], London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 1:

     All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the worlds.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• (crude representation of a person): caricature

Derived terms

• in effigy
• semi-effigy

 

Translations

dummy or other crude representation

• Bashkir: ҡарасҡы (qarasqı)
• Catalan: ninot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假人 (zh) (jiǎrén), 雕像 (zh) (diāoxiàng), 肖像 (zh) (xiàoxiàng)

• Danish: afbildning (da) c, statue c
• Finnish: nukke (fi)
• French: effigie (fr) f
• German: Abbild (de) n, Bildnis (de) n, ^{(please verify)} Puppe (de) f, Karikatur (de) f, Zerrbild (de) n
• Hindi: पुतला (hi) m (putlā)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} samhail f
• Italian: effigie (it) 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

• Ojibwe: mazinichigan
• 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)
• Tocharian B: soye

likeness of a person

• Catalan: efígie (ca) f
• Finnish: kuva (fi)
• French: effigie (fr) f
• German: Bildnis (de) n, Konterfei (de) n (obsolete)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (frisahts)
• 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