repoussé

See also: repousse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹə.pu.ˈse͡ɪ/

Noun

repoussé (uncountable)

1. A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
   • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:

     […] } the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.

Translations

metalworking technique

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捶揲 (chuíshé)

• German: Ziselieren n

Verb

repoussé (third-person singular simple present repoussés, present participle repousséing, simple past and past participle repousséed or repousséd)

1. To use this metalworking technique.

See also

• repoussé on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• espouser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pu.se/

• Audio:

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Participle

repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)

1. past participle of repousser

Adjective

repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)

1. repelled, repulsed

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prouesse