etching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ

Noun

etching (plural etchings)

1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint

   Coordinate term: engraving

2. (countable) The image created by this process.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

Derived terms

• abdominal etching
• cryoetching
• electroetching
• etching scribe
• photoetching
• see someone's etchings

Translations

art of producing an image

Catalan: aiguafort (ca) m Czech: lept (cs) m Dutch: ets (nl) m or f Finnish: etsaus (fi) French: gravure (fr) f, eau-forte (fr) f German: Ätzradierung f, Radierung f Hebrew: תַּחְרִיט m (takhrit) Hindi: निक्षारण (nikṣāraṇ) Italian: acquaforte (it) f Polish: trawienie (pl) n, akwaforta (pl) f Romanian: acvaforte (ro) f Russian: офорт (ru) (ofort) Spanish: aguafuerte (es) m Turkish: gravür (tr)

image created by this process

Bulgarian: гравюра (bg) f (gravjura) Catalan: aiguafort (ca) m Czech: lept (cs) m French: eau-forte (fr) f, estampe (fr) f German: Radierung f Italian: acquaforte (it) f Polish: akwaforta (pl) f Romanian: acvaforte (ro) f Turkish: gravür (tr)

Verb

etching

1. present participle and gerund of etch

Further reading

• etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• teching