repoussé
See also: repousse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Noun
repoussé (uncountable)
- A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
Translations
metalworking technique
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Pronunciation
Verb
repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
Adjective
repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
Further reading
- “repoussé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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