niello
See also: niellò
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
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Noun edit
niello (countable and uncountable, plural niellos or nielli)
- (metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 283:
- a young woman named Renata, with a gesturing of her dark curls, beckoned him in with a cigarette-case of Russian silver and niello, which sprang open to reveal a collection of “smokes” […]
- An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.
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Translations edit
any of various black metal alloys
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Verb edit
niello (third-person singular simple present niellos, present participle nielloing, simple past and past participle nielloed)
- (transitive) To decorate (a surface) using this technique.
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈnjɛl.lo/, (traditional) /niˈɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: nièl‧lo, (traditional) ni‧èl‧lo
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin nigellus (“somewhat black”).
Noun edit
niello m (plural nielli)
- niello (type of metalwork)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
niello
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Further reading edit
- niello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana