"stencil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛnsɪl/ [UK], /ˈstɛnsəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stencil.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stencils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnsəl Etymology: Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”). The verb is from the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stencellen|t=to garnish with bright hues}} Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), {{der|en|frm|estinceller|t=to glisten}} Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), {{der|en|fro|estenceler|t=to spark}} Old French estenceler (“to spark”), {{der|en|fro|estencele|t=spark}} Old French estencele (“spark”), {{der|en|VL.|*stincilla}} Vulgar Latin *stincilla, {{der|en|la|scintilla|t=spark}} Latin scintilla (“spark”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stencil (plural stencils)
  1. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. Translations (thin sheet; utensil): шаблон (šablon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plantilla [feminine] (Catalan), 漏字版 (lòuzìbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), šablona [feminine] (Czech), sjabloon [common-gender, neuter] (Dutch), kaavain (Finnish), malline (Finnish), kaavalevy (Finnish), luotta (Finnish), sabloni (Finnish), sapluuna (Finnish), stensiili (Finnish), pochoir (French), შაბლონი (šabloni) (Georgian), ტრაფარეტი (ṭrapareṭi) (Georgian), Schablone [feminine] (German), סְטֶנְסִיל (stensíl) [feminine] (Hebrew), stensil (Indonesian), normografo [masculine] (Italian), 스텐실 (seutensil) (Korean), lamina interrasilis [feminine] (Latin), trafarets [masculine] (Latvian), stensil (Malay), tahua (Maori), sjablong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjablong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szablon [masculine] (Polish), estêncil [masculine] (Portuguese), régua vazada [feminine] (Portuguese), șablon [neuter] (Romanian), трафаре́т (trafarét) (Russian), шабло́н (šablón) [masculine] (Russian), šablóna [feminine] (Slovak), šablona [feminine] (Slovene), estarcido [masculine] (Spanish), esténcil [masculine] (Spanish), plantilla [feminine] (Spanish), schablon [common-gender] (Swedish), panlimwad (Tagalog), трафарет (trafaret) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шаблон (šablon) [masculine] (Ukrainian), giấy xtăngxin (Vietnamese), khuôn tô (Vietnamese), mẫu tô (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-stencil-en-noun-en:template Disambiguation of 'thin sheet; utensil': 60 29 11
  2. A pattern produced using such a utensil.
    Sense id: en-stencil-en-noun-en:pattern Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 51 9 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 53 14 4
  3. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. Categories (topical): Typography Translations (master sheet for mimeograph): vahas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-stencil-en-noun-DUzmxTnI Disambiguation of Typography: 13 28 43 16 Disambiguation of 'master sheet for mimeograph': 14 3 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stencil art, stencil buffer, stencil duplicator, stencil work Related terms: pochoir

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛnsɪl/ [UK], /ˈstɛnsəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stencil.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stencils [present, singular, third-person], stencilling [UK, participle, present], stenciling [US, participle, present], stencilled [UK, participle, past], stencilled [UK, past], stenciled [US, participle, past], stenciled [US, past]
Rhymes: -ɛnsəl Etymology: Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”). The verb is from the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stencellen|t=to garnish with bright hues}} Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), {{der|en|frm|estinceller|t=to glisten}} Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), {{der|en|fro|estenceler|t=to spark}} Old French estenceler (“to spark”), {{der|en|fro|estencele|t=spark}} Old French estencele (“spark”), {{der|en|VL.|*stincilla}} Vulgar Latin *stincilla, {{der|en|la|scintilla|t=spark}} Latin scintilla (“spark”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=stenciled|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK|pres_ptc2=stenciling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|pres_ptc_qual=UK}} stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (UK) stencilling or (US) stenciling, simple past and past participle (UK) stencilled or (US) stenciled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-stencil-en-verb--HoFYS2x

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "estarcido"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "thin sheet; utensil",
          "word": "panlimwad"
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          "roman": "trafaret",
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          "word": "giấy xtăngxin"
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛnsɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛnsəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnsəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stencil.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stencil.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stencil.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stencil.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stencil.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "stencil"
  ],
  "word": "stencil"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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