"etching" meaning in English

See etching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-etching.wav [US] Forms: etchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} etching (plural etchings)
  1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid. Tags: uncountable Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint Translations (art of producing an image): aiguafort [masculine] (Catalan), lept [masculine] (Czech), ets [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), etsaus (Finnish), gravure [feminine] (French), eau-forte [feminine] (French), Ätzradierung [feminine] (German), Radierung [feminine] (German), निक्षारण (nikṣāraṇ) (Hindi), acquaforte [feminine] (Italian), trawienie [neuter] (Polish), akwaforta [feminine] (Polish), acvaforte [feminine] (Romanian), офорт (ofort) (Russian), aguafuerte [masculine] (Spanish), gravür (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-etching-en-noun-Amo8Gf7~ Disambiguation of 'art of producing an image': 78 22
  2. (countable) The image created by this process. Tags: countable Translations (image created by this process): гравюра (gravjura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aiguafort [masculine] (Catalan), lept [masculine] (Czech), eau-forte [feminine] (French), estampe [feminine] (French), Radierung [feminine] (German), acquaforte [feminine] (Italian), akwaforta [feminine] (Polish), acvaforte [feminine] (Romanian), gravür (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-etching-en-noun-5IJ-AGHl Disambiguation of 'image created by this process': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: etching scribe

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-etching.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} etching
  1. present participle and gerund of etch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: etch
    Sense id: en-etching-en-verb-S5YJrFVO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 62

Inflected forms

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