intaglio

1. 1.

   a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

   Synonymsintaglio printinggravure

   Broaderprinting

   Narrowerphotogravure
2. 2.

   glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)

   Synonymsdiaglyph

   Broaderglyptic art

Other forms of intaglio

plural

intagli

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 intaglio

What does intaglio mean?

intaglio means "a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intaglio?

intaglio has 3 syllables: in-tag-lio. The stress falls on "tag". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtæljoʊ/.

What is another word for intaglio?

Close synonyms include intaglio printing, gravure, diaglyph. 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 intaglio a common word?

intaglio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.