taille-douce
French
Etymology
Literally, “soft-cutting”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taj.dus/, /tɑj.dus/
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Noun
taille-douce f (countable and uncountable, plural tailles-douces)
- (usually uncountable) line engraving, copper-plate engraving (a type of engraving on copper plates where the design is made up of a series of lines)
- Antonym: taille d'épargne
- (countable) print made on a board engraved using this method
Usage notes
- The French term is often used directly in English, where it should be italicized.
Further reading
taille-douce on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “taille-douce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Douglas and Mary Patrick, The Musson Stamp Dictionary, Toronto, Musson Book Co., 1972, →ISBN