etching

English

Daniel Hopfer (1470–1536), The Soldier and his Wife, date unknown, etching (2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈetʃ.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ

Noun

etching (plural etchings)

1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

   Coordinate term: engraving

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint

2. (countable) The image created by this process.
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     "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; […]."

Derived terms

• etching scribe

Translations

art of producing an image

• Catalan: aiguafort m
• Czech: lept m
• Dutch: ets (nl) m or f
• Finnish: etsaus (fi)
• French: gravure (fr) f, eau-forte (fr) f
• German: Ätzradierung f, Radierung f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: निक्षारण (nikṣāraṇ)
• Italian: acquaforte (it) f
• Polish: trawienie (pl) n, akwaforta (pl) f
• Russian: офорт (ru) (ofort)
• Spanish: aguafuerte (es) m

image created by this process

• Catalan: aiguafort m
• Czech: lept m
• French: eau-forte (fr) f, estampe (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Radierung f
• Italian: acquaforte (it) f
• Polish: akwaforta (pl) f

Verb

etching

1. present participle of etch

Further reading

• etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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