Meanings
plural etchings
- uncountableThe art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
- countableThe image created by this process.
1 more example
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of etch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmaking engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian гравюра
- гравюра (gravjura)image created by this process
Catalan aiguafort, aiguafort
- aiguafortart of producing an image
- aiguafortimage created by this process
Czech lept, lept
- leptart of producing an image
- leptimage created by this process
Dutch ets
- etsart of producing an image
Finnish etsaus
- etsausart of producing an image
French gravure, eau-forte
- gravureart of producing an image
- eau-forteart of producing an image
- eau-forteimage created by this process
- estampeimage created by this process
German Ätzradierung, Radierung
- Ätzradierungart of producing an image
- Radierungart of producing an image
- Radierungimage created by this process
Hebrew תַּחְרִיט
- תַּחְרִיט (takhrit)art of producing an image
Hindi निक्षारण
- निक्षारण (nikṣāraṇ)art of producing an image
Italian acquaforte, acquaforte
- acquaforteart of producing an image
- acquaforteimage created by this process
Polish trawienie, akwaforta
- trawienieart of producing an image
- akwafortaart of producing an image
- akwafortaimage created by this process
Romanian acvaforte, acvaforte
- acvaforteart of producing an image
- acvaforteimage created by this process
Russian офорт
- офорт (ofort)art of producing an image
Spanish aguafuerte
- aguafuerteart of producing an image
Turkish gravür, gravür
- gravürart of producing an image
- gravürimage created by this process
Ukrainian офо́рт, офо́рт
- офо́рт (ofórt)art of producing an image
- офо́рт (ofórt)image created by this process
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with etching
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Cite this entry
etching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etching
“etching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etching. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etching.
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