Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPrinting by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The inked image is offset (“transferred”) from the metal printing plate to the printing surface via a rubber blanket.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 平版印刷
- 平版印刷 (píngbǎn yìnshuā)offset printing
Czech ofset
- ofsetoffset printing
Dutch offsetdruk
- offsetdrukoffset printing
Finnish offsetpaino
- offsetpainooffset printing
French impression en offset, offset
- impression en offsetoffset printing
- offsetoffset printing
German Offsetdruck
- Offsetdruckoffset printing
Hebrew אופסט, הדפסת פסט
- אופסט (offset)offset printing
- הדפסת פסטoffset printing
Hungarian ofszet, ofszetnyomás
- ofszetoffset printing
- ofszetnyomásoffset printing
Irish seach-chur
- seach-churoffset printing
Italian stampa in offset
- stampa in offsetoffset printing
Norwegian offsettrykk
- offsettrykkoffset printing
Portuguese offset, ofsete
- offsetoffset printing
- ofseteoffset printing
Russian офсе́тная печа́ть
- офсе́тная печа́ть (ofsétnaja pečátʹ)offset printing
Scottish Gaelic leac-sgrìobhadh
- leac-sgrìobhadhoffset printing
Spanish ófset
- ófsetoffset printing
Swedish offsettryck
- offsettryckoffset printing
Turkish ofset
- ofsetoffset printing
Cite this entry
offset printing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offset%20printing
“offset printing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offset%20printing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “offset printing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offset%20printing.
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