What does vignette in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word vignette in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use vignette in French.

The word vignette in French means vignette, panel, frame, tax disc, road tax disc, label, thumbnail image, thumbnail, tax disc, road tax disc. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word vignette

vignette

nom féminin (petite image à coller) (art)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon fils collectionne les vignettes à l'effigie des footballeurs.
My son collects football stickers.

panel, frame

nom féminin (petite illustration) (comics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans la première vignette, on voit Mafalda qui parle à sa mère.
In the first panel (or: frame), we see Mafalda talking to her mother.

tax disc, road tax disc

nom féminin (permet la circulation sur les autoroutes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour circuler sur les autoroutes suisses ou autrichiennes, il faut acheter une vignette.
To drive on Swiss or Austrian motorways, you must buy a tax disc.

label

nom féminin (France (indicateur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le prix des médicaments remboursables est indiqué sur la vignette apposée sur les boîtes de médicaments.
The price of reimbursable medicines is indicated on the sticker affixed to the medication boxes.

thumbnail image, thumbnail

nom féminin (Informatique : petite image)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cliquer sur la vignette pour lancer l'application.
Click on the thumbnail image to launch the application.

tax disc, road tax disc

nom féminin (France, vieux (impôt annuel sur un véhicule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les vignettes ont été supprimées en 2001 en France.
Tax stickers were abolished in France in 2001.

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