Meanings
nounphotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural photogravures)
plural photogravures
- uncountableAn intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
He turned to the plates of photogravure illustration which gave an air to the volume.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados - countableA print so made.
verbphotogravure (third-person singular simple present photogravures, present participle photogravuring, simple past and past participle photogravured)
present singular third person photogravures · participle present photogravuring · participle past photogravured · past photogravured
- To print by this process.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishgravure
- Englishphotogravure
Translations
Irish fótaghrábháil
- fótaghrábháilintalglio process
Polish heliograwiura, fotograwiura
- heliograwiuraintalglio process
- fotograwiuraintalglio process
- heliograwiuraprint
- fotograwiuraprint
Cite this entry
APA
photogravure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogravure
MLA
“photogravure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogravure. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photogravure,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogravure.
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