etching en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
Meanings
- (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
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(countable) The image created by this process.
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| etchings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
etching scribe · abdominal etching · photoetching · electroetching · someone's etchings · cryoetching
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Translations (31)
pl akwaforta (image created by this process) · tr gravür (art of producing an image) · de Radierung (art of producing an image) · it acquaforte (image created by this process) · uk офо́рт (image created by this process) · fr eau-forte (image created by this process) · es aguafuerte (art of producing an image) · fi etsaus (art of producing an image) · cs lept (image created by this process) · ro acvaforte (art of producing an image) · fr gravure (art of producing an image) · be афо́рт (image created by this process) · ru офорт (art of producing an image) · bg гравюра (image created by this process) · it acquaforte (art of producing an image) · pl akwaforta (art of producing an image) · uk офо́рт (art of producing an image) · cs lept (art of producing an image) · he תַּחְרִיט (art of producing an image) · fr eau-forte (art of producing an image) · ro acvaforte (image created by this process) · nl ets (art of producing an image) · de Ätzradierung (art of producing an image) · ca aiguafort (image created by this process) · pl trawienie (art of producing an image) · tr gravür (image created by this process) · ca aiguafort (art of producing an image) · fr estampe (image created by this process) · de Radierung (image created by this process) · hi निक्षारण (art of producing an image) · be афо́рт (art of producing an image)