truité

adjective

Having a delicately crackled surface.

Meanings

adjectivetruité (not comparable)
  1. not comparableceramicsHaving a delicately crackled surface.

    Scherzer also informs us that the crackle glaze was blown on to the porcelain and that two layers were applied to produce the finer (truité) crackle and four to produce the large crackle […]

    1925, Robert Lockhart Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China

Origin

From French, derived from truite (“trout”).

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APA

truité. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truit%C3%A9

MLA

“truité.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truit%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “truité,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truit%C3%A9.

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