rotogravure

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noun

A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.

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photogravure
OriginGerman Rotogravur →
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Meanings

nounrotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)

plural rotogravures

  1. uncountableA printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. countableA print made by such a method.

    On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.

    1943, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Book 2: Chapter 5, page 248
    1 more example

    On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.

    1933, Irving Berlin, Easter Parade

Synonyms & antonyms

nounusing photography to produce a plate for printing

Similar
photogravure
Broader
gravure
Also see
photogravure

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanRotogravur
  2. Englishrotogravure

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

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APA

rotogravure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotogravure

MLA

“rotogravure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotogravure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rotogravure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotogravure.

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