champlevé
English edit
Etymology edit
From French champlevé (“engraved”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
champlevé (not comparable)
- (art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are then fired.
Noun edit
champlevé (countable and uncountable, plural champlevés)
- A piece of enamel of this kind.
- The process of making enamel of this kind.
French edit
Adjective edit
champlevé (feminine champlevée, masculine plural champlevés, feminine plural champlevées)
Noun edit
champlevé m (plural champlevés)
Further reading edit
- “champlevé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.