pointillé

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French pointillé.

Noun[edit]

pointillé (countable and uncountable, plural pointillés)

  1. A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.je/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

pointillé m (plural pointillés)

  1. dotted line
  2. perforation
  3. (art) stippling

Participle[edit]

pointillé (feminine pointillée, masculine plural pointillés, feminine plural pointillées)

  1. past participle of pointiller

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