gravure
English edit
Etymology edit
Short for rotogravure.
Noun edit
gravure (countable and uncountable, plural gravures)
- (art, printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
- 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post[1]:
- for too long have the walls of our houses been adorned with examples of effete Old World portrait gravure.
- 1964 December, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 429:
- THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s.
Mr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was "incredulous" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's Evening Star was broached to him.
- (Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.
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printing method
See also edit
- Rotogravure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gravure idol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Noun edit
gravure f (plural gravures)
- engraving [From late 18th c.]
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French edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gravure f (plural gravures)
- engraving
- (computing) burning (optical disc)
- a printing method using as printing form an engraved cylinder
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gravure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.