gravure

English

Etymology

Short for rotogravure.

Noun

gravure (plural gravures)

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

Translations

printing method

Catalan: gravat (ca) m
Czech: hlubotisk (cs) m
Finnish: kaiverre

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

French

Etymology

graver +‎ -ure

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vyʁ/
Audio (file)

Noun

gravure f (plural gravures)

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

Further reading

“gravure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

graveur

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