image miniature
The English phrase "thumbnail image" is translated into French as image miniature.
The term refers to a small version of a larger image used to help users find or identify the original file.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase image miniature is a literal translation of "miniature image", where image means image and miniature means miniature.
Which one should you use?
You may also use the term miniature or vignette to refer to a thumbnail image.
How does it change in a sentence?
To form the plural images miniatures, both the noun and the adjective must take an s.
Did you know?
- The word miniature comes from the Italian miniatura, which refers to the red lead pigment called 'minium' used by medieval monks.
- In French, the word vignette is frequently used for a thumbnail, but it also means a 'stamp' or a 'sticker' used to pay for things like parking or postage.
- In a professional graphic design context, a French speaker might use the term aperçu to describe a thumbnail, which literally translates to 'glance' or 'preview'.
Examples in context
- Merci de fournir une miniature de l'image principale.Please provide a thumbnail image of the main picture.
- As-tu vu la vignette d'aperçu de la photo? Je pense que ça donnera un bon aperçu du contenu.Did you see the thumbnail preview of the photo? I think it will give a good overview of the content.
- Clique sur cette image miniature pour l'agrandir.Click on this thumbnail image to enlarge it.
- L'image miniature est trop petite pour voir les détails.The thumbnail image is too small to see the details.
- Je ne trouve pas l'image miniature sur le site.I cannot find the thumbnail image on the website.
Example conversation
Lucas and Chloé are organizing photos on a computer.
- LucasChloé, laquelle de ces photos préfères-tu ?Chloé, which of these photos do you prefer?
- ChloéJe ne peux pas voir l'image miniature ici.I can't see the thumbnail image here.
- LucasAttend, je vais agrandir la vue pour toi.Wait, I will enlarge the view for you.
- ChloéMerci Lucas, c'est beaucoup mieux ainsi.Thanks Lucas, it's much better this way.
