Meanings
plural intagli · plural intaglios · plural intaglioes · plural intaglii
- countableuncountableA design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.
On a wooden pub sign daringly taken, one daylight raid, by a drunken Bartley Gobbitch, across which still survives in intaglio the legend SNIPE AND SHAFT, Teddy Bloat is mincing bananas with a great isosceles knife.
1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow - countableuncountablemediaAny printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.
Antonyms: relief printing
present singular third person intaglios · participle present intaglioing · participle past intaglioed · past intaglioed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
nounglyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italianintaglio
- Englishintaglio
Borrowed from Italian intaglio, from intagliare (“to engrave”).
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Bulgarian дълбо́к печа́т
- дълбо́к печа́т (dălbók pečát)printing method
Catalan gravat al burí, talla dolça
- gravat al buríprinting method
- talla dolçaprinting method
Czech intaglie, intaglio
- intagliedesign or piece of art
- intagliodesign or piece of art
- tisk zdolaprinting method
Danish dybtryk
- dybtrykprinting method
Esperanto intajlo, gliptikaĵo
- intajlodesign or piece of art
- gliptikaĵodesign or piece of art
French taille-douce
- taille-douceprinting method
German Tiefdruckverfahren
- Tiefdruckverfahrenprinting method
Greek έγγλυφος, έγγλυφη
- έγγλυφος (énglyfos)design or piece of art
- έγγλυφη (énglyfi)design or piece of art
- έγγλυφο (énglyfo)design or piece of art
- εγχάρακτος (encháraktos)design or piece of art
- εγχάρακτη (enchárakti)design or piece of art
- εγχάρακτο (enchárakto)design or piece of art
- εγγλυφή (englyfí)printing method
Hungarian mélynyomtatás
- mélynyomtatásprinting method
Indonesian cetak dalam, intaglio
- cetak dalamprinting method
- intaglioprinting method
Irish inghearradh
- inghearradhprinting method
Latvian dobspiedums
- dobspiedumsprinting method
Polish intaglio, intaglio
- intagliodesign or piece of art
- intaglioprinting method
Portuguese entalho
- entalhodesign or piece of art
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Cite this entry
intaglio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intaglio
“intaglio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intaglio. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intaglio,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intaglio.
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