pointillé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pointillé.
Noun
pointillé (plural pointillés)
- A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.
Related terms
- pointillism
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.je/
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Noun
pointillé m (plural pointillés)
- dotted line
- perforation
- (art) stippling
Participle
pointillé (feminine pointillée, masculine plural pointillés, feminine plural pointillées)
- past participle of pointiller
Further reading
- “pointillé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.