different between gravure vs rotogravure

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.

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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.]

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• 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

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutshe Photogravur.

Noun

rotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)

1. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
2. A print made by such a method.
3. A portion of a printed work produced by this method.
   • 1933, Irving Berlin, "Easter Parade"

     On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.

   • 1943, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Book 2: Chapter 5, page 248

     On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.

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• gravure