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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-etch.wav
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} etch
  1. Obsolete form of eddish. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: eddish
    Sense id: en-etch-en-noun-~kz65Nun
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-etch.wav Forms: etches [present, singular, third-person], etching [participle, present], etched [participle, past], etched [past]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”) (whence also English eat). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁ed-}}, {{bor|en|nl|etsen||to etch}} Dutch etsen (“to etch”), {{der|en|de|ätzen||to etch}} German ätzen (“to etch”), {{der|en|goh|azzon||to cause to bite or feed}} Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*atjaną}} Proto-Germanic *atjaną Head templates: {{en-verb}} etch (third-person singular simple present etches, present participle etching, simple past and past participle etched)
  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
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  2. To engrave a surface. Translations (to engrave): гравирам (graviram) (Bulgarian), gravar (Catalan), indgravere (Danish), kaivertaa (Finnish), etsata (Finnish), graver (French), radieren (German), ätzen (German), beizen (German), marat (Hungarian), gravíroz (Hungarian), incidere all'acquaforte (Italian), 새기다 (saegida) (Korean), вреже (vreže) [perfective] (Macedonian), ryć (Polish), wytrawiać [imperfective] (Polish), wytrawić [perfective] (Polish), gravar (Portuguese), гравирова́ть (gravirovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́гравировать (výgravirovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), трави́ть (travítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вытра́вливать (vytrávlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́травить (výtravitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), grabar (Spanish), гравіювати (hravijuvaty) (Ukrainian), травити (travyty) (alt: поверхню металу кислотою) (Ukrainian), витравлювати (vytravljuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-etch-en-verb-XmL4vKJ7 Disambiguation of 'to engrave': 6 84 6 4
  3. (figuratively) To make a lasting impression. Tags: figuratively Translations (to make a lasting impression): gravar (Catalan), gøre indtryk (Danish), syöpyä mieleen (Finnish), marquer (French), graver (French), einbrennen (German), einprägen (German), вреже (vreže) [perfective] (Macedonian), marcar (Portuguese), grabar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-etch-en-verb-BN7pE0TW Disambiguation of 'to make a lasting impression': 8 1 90 1
  4. To sketch; to delineate.
    Sense id: en-etch-en-verb-77hSiR4H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: piranha etch, self-etch, total-etch Related terms: etchant, etching
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "(figuratively) To make a lasting impression."
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        "To engrave a surface."
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      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "word": "kaivertaa"
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      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
      "word": "radieren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
      "word": "incidere all'acquaforte"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
      "word": "새기다"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
      "word": "gravar"
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      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to engrave",
      "word": "grabar"
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      "roman": "hravijuvaty",
      "sense": "to engrave",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
      "word": "syöpyä mieleen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "graver"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
      "word": "marcar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make a lasting impression",
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