contre-jour

noun

Synonym of backlighting.

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backlighting
OriginFrench contre-jour ← Middle French jour ← Old French jor →
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Meanings

nouncontre-jour (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartsSynonym of backlighting.

    Synonyms: backlighting

  2. uncountableartA similar effect achieved in painting.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of backlighting.

Similar
backlighting

Origin

  1. Frenchcontre
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
  4. Proto-Italic*djous
  5. Latindiēs
  6. Latindiurnus
  7. Late Latindiurnum
  8. Old Frenchjor
  9. Middle Frenchjour
  10. Frenchjour
  11. Frenchcontre-jour
  12. Englishcontre-jour

Borrowed from French contre-jour.

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APA

contre-jour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contre-jour

MLA

“contre-jour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contre-jour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contre-jour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contre-jour.

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