"niello" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /niˈɛləʊ/ [UK], /niˈɛloʊ/ [US] Forms: niellos [plural], nielli [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|niello}} Italian niello, {{der|en|la|nigellus||blackish}} Latin nigellus (“blackish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|nielli}} niello (countable and uncountable, plural niellos or nielli)
  1. (metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Alloys Translations (any of various black metal alloys): فِضَّة مُحْرَقَة (fiḍḍa muḥraqa) [feminine] (Arabic), مِينَا (mīnā) [masculine] (Arabic), 黑金 (hak¹ gam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑金 (hēijīn) (Chinese Mandarin), niello (Finnish), nielle [feminine, masculine] (French), niello [masculine] (French), Niello [masculine, neuter] (German), Schwarzschmelz [masculine] (German), 黒金 (kokkin) (alt: こっきん) (Japanese), ニエロ (niero) (Japanese), nielo [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), niello [common-gender] (Swedish), чернь (černʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-niello-en-noun-KBtn2Wu3 Disambiguation of Alloys: 83 11 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 12 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 5 5 2 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 70 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 77 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 72 16 12 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'any of various black metal alloys': 97 3
  2. An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-niello-en-noun-X~5dwOip
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nielloware Related terms: niellated, nielle, niellist, niellure

Verb

IPA: /niˈɛləʊ/ [UK], /niˈɛloʊ/ [US] Forms: niellos [present, singular, third-person], nielloing [participle, present], nielloed [participle, past], nielloed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|niello}} Italian niello, {{der|en|la|nigellus||blackish}} Latin nigellus (“blackish”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} niello (third-person singular simple present niellos, present participle nielloing, simple past and past participle nielloed)
  1. (transitive) To decorate (a surface) using this technique. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-niello-en-verb-L54CjRVQ

Inflected forms

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    "en:Alloys",
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  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "niello"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian niello",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nigellus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blackish"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nigellus (“blackish”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "niellos",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nielloing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nielloed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nielloed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "niello (third-person singular simple present niellos, present participle nielloing, simple past and past participle nielloed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate (a surface) using this technique."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To decorate (a surface) using this technique."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/niˈɛləʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niˈɛloʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Niello"
  ],
  "word": "niello"
}

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