etching

Other forms of etching

plural

etchings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about etching

What does etching mean?

etching means "an impression made from an etched plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in etching?

etching has 2 syllables: et-ching. The stress falls on "et". In IPA it is /ˈɛtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for etching?

Close synonyms include engraving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is etching a common word?

etching is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.