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photogravure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
pho-togravure
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.

Uncountable

noun

A print so made.

Countable

verb

To print by this process.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English gravure English photogravure From photo- + gravure.

Usage

Inflected Forms

photogravures (plural) photogravures (present, singular) photogravuring (participle, present) photogravured (participle, past) photogravured (past)

Synonyms

rotogravure gravure heliogravure

Questions

What does photogravure mean?
An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
Where does photogravure come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English gravure English photogravure From photo- + gravure.

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