lithograph

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/ˈlɪθəɡɹæf//ˈlɪθəɡɹɑːf/

noun

A printed image produced by lithography.

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lithograph machine
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Meanings

nounlithograph (plural lithographs)

plural lithographs

  1. A printed image produced by lithography.

    To one side, by a tall window, a tiny Renoir lithograph of a bather.

    2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 1
verblithograph (third-person singular simple present lithographs, present participle lithographing, simple past and past participle lithographed)

present singular third person lithographs · participle present lithographing · participle past lithographed · past lithographed

  1. To create a copy of an image through lithography.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounduplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern

Similar
lithograph machine
Broader
duplicatorcopier

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Back-formation from lithography, litho- (“stone”) + -graph (“that writes”).

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Translations

Catalan litografia, litografiar
  • litografiaimage produced by lithography
  • litografiarto copy of an image through lithography
Danish litografi
  • litografiimage produced by lithography
Dutch litho, steendruck
  • lithoimage produced by lithography
  • steendruckimage produced by lithography
Finnish litografia, kivipiirros
  • litografiaimage produced by lithography
  • kivipiirrosimage produced by lithography
French lithographie, lithographier
  • lithographieimage produced by lithography
  • lithographierto copy of an image through lithography
German Lithografie, Lithographie
  • Lithografieimage produced by lithography
  • Lithographieimage produced by lithography
  • Steindruckimage produced by lithography
  • lithografierento copy of an image through lithography
Irish liteagraf, liteagraf
  • liteagrafimage produced by lithography
  • liteagrafto copy of an image through lithography
Italian litografia, litografare
  • litografiaimage produced by lithography
  • litografareto copy of an image through lithography
Japanese 石版
  • 石版 (sekiban)image produced by lithography
Norwegian Bokmål litografi
  • litografiimage produced by lithography
Polish litografia
  • litografiaimage produced by lithography
Portuguese litografia, litografar
  • litografiaimage produced by lithography
  • litografarto copy of an image through lithography
Russian литографи́ровать
  • литографи́ровать (litografírovatʹ)to copy of an image through lithography
Spanish litografía
  • litografíaimage produced by lithography
Swedish litografi
  • litografiimage produced by lithography
Vietnamese in thạch bản, in đá
  • in thạch bảnto copy of an image through lithography
  • in đáto copy of an image through lithography
  • in li-tôto copy of an image through lithography
Cite this entry
APA

lithograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithograph

MLA

“lithograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithograph. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lithograph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithograph.

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