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English

Etymology

Short for rotogravure.

Noun

gravure (countable and uncountable, plural gravures)

1. (art, printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
2. (Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Rotogravure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gravure idol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• verruga

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gravure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra??vy?.r?/
• Hyphenation: gra?vu?re
• Rhymes: -y?r?

Noun

gravure f (plural gravures)

1. engraving [From late 18th c.]

Related terms

• graveren
• graveur

Anagrams

• graveur

French

Etymology

graver +? -ure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.vy?/

Noun

gravure f (plural gravures)

1. engraving
2. (computing) burning (optical disc)
3. A printing method using as printing form an engraved cylinder.

Descendants

• ? Danish: gravure
• ? Dutch: gravure

Further reading

• “gravure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• graveur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ???? (rav)

Noun

rav (plural ravs)

1. a rabbi
2. a teacher or spiritual guide

Anagrams

• ARV, VAR, VaR, Var, var, var.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse raf n, r?f f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rav/, [??w]

Noun

rav n (singular definite ravet, not used in plural form)

1. (uncountable) amber

Etymology 2

See rave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?v/, [????w]

Verb

rav

1. imperative of rave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse raf

Noun

rav n (definite singular ravet)

1. amber (fossilised resin)

References

• “rav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse raf

Noun

rav n (definite singular ravet)

1. amber (fossilised resin)

References

• “rav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.