pointillé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pointillé.

Noun

pointillé (countable and uncountable, plural pointillés)

1. A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

Related terms

• pointillism

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.je/

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Noun

pointillé m (plural pointillés)

1. dotted line
2. perforation
3. (art) stippling

Participle

pointillé (feminine pointillée, masculine plural pointillés, feminine plural pointillées)

1. past participle of pointiller

Further reading

• “pointillé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.