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)

1. 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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See also

• repoussé on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• espouser

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pu.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)

1. past participle of repousser

Adjective

repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)

1. repelled, repulsed

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prouesse