"xylography" meaning in English

See xylography in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-us-xylography.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|xylographie}} French xylographie, {{af|en|xylo-|-graphy|gloss1=wood|gloss2=writing}} xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} xylography (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The art of making xylographs. Tags: rare, uncountable

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for xylography meaning in English (2.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "xylographie"
      },
      "expansion": "French xylographie",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xylo-",
        "3": "-graphy",
        "gloss1": "wood",
        "gloss2": "writing"
      },
      "expansion": "xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "xylography (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with xylo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -graphy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Manfredo Tafuri, Venice and the Renaissance, MIT Press, page 236",
          "text": "Furthermore, one ought to mention the xylography that has been attributed to Titian since the eighteenth century and that represents San Rocco e storie della sua vita (fig. 72) (London, British Museum, inv. 1860-4-14-140), circulated as a […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Peter Francis Kornicki, Chinese Writing and the Rise of the Vernacular in East Asia, Oxford University Press",
          "text": "Xylography involves writing the text to be printed onto thin paper, fixing the paper face down on a flat wooden block and then carving away the white parts to leave the text upstanding in relief. In order to print, it is necessary to […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The art of making xylographs."
      ],
      "id": "en-xylography-en-noun-HZX2dI7m",
      "links": [
        [
          "xylograph",
          "xylograph"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The art of making xylographs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɡɹəfi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-xylography.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-xylography.ogg/En-us-xylography.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-xylography.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xylography"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "xylographie"
      },
      "expansion": "French xylographie",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xylo-",
        "3": "-graphy",
        "gloss1": "wood",
        "gloss2": "writing"
      },
      "expansion": "xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "xylography (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms prefixed with xylo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -graphy",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Rhymes:English/ɒɡɹəfi",
        "Rhymes:English/ɒɡɹəfi/4 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Manfredo Tafuri, Venice and the Renaissance, MIT Press, page 236",
          "text": "Furthermore, one ought to mention the xylography that has been attributed to Titian since the eighteenth century and that represents San Rocco e storie della sua vita (fig. 72) (London, British Museum, inv. 1860-4-14-140), circulated as a […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Peter Francis Kornicki, Chinese Writing and the Rise of the Vernacular in East Asia, Oxford University Press",
          "text": "Xylography involves writing the text to be printed onto thin paper, fixing the paper face down on a flat wooden block and then carving away the white parts to leave the text upstanding in relief. In order to print, it is necessary to […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The art of making xylographs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "xylograph",
          "xylograph"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The art of making xylographs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɡɹəfi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-xylography.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-xylography.ogg/En-us-xylography.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-xylography.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xylography"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.