gravure

English

Etymology

Short for rotogravure.

Noun

gravure (countable and uncountable, plural gravures)

1. (art, printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
2. (Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Derived terms

• autogravure
• photogravure
• pyrogravure
• rotogravure

 

Translations

printing method

• Catalan: gravat (ca) m
• Czech: hlubotisk (cs) m
• Finnish: kaiverre
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• Greek: γκραβούρα (el) f (gkravoúra), χαλκογραφία (el) f (chalkografía)
• Romanian: gravură (ro) f

See also

• Rotogravure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gravure idol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• verruga

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gravure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣraːˈvyː.rə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gra‧vu‧re
• Rhymes: -yːrə

Noun

gravure f (plural gravures)

1. engraving [From late 18th c.]

Related terms

• graveren
• graveur

Anagrams

• graveur

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French

Etymology

graver +‎ -ure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gravure f (plural gravures)

1. engraving
2. (computing) burning (optical disc)
3. A printing method using as printing form an engraved cylinder.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• graveur