champlevé

English

Etymology

From French champlevé (“engraved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɒ̃mləˈveɪ/

Adjective

champlevé (not comparable)

1. (art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are then fired.

Noun

champlevé (countable and uncountable, plural champlevés)

1. A piece of enamel of this kind.
2. The process of making enamel of this kind.

French

Adjective

champlevé (feminine champlevée, masculine plural champlevés, feminine plural champlevées)

1. champlevé

Noun

champlevé m (plural champlevés)

1. champlevé

Further reading

• “champlevé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.