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intaglio

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪnˈtæl.jəʊ/
  • UK: /ɪnˈtɑl.jəʊ/
  • UK: /ɪnˈtɑl.iˌəʊ/
  • US: /ɪnˈtæl.i.(j)oʊ/
  • US: /ɪnˈtæl.joʊ/
  • US: /ɪnˈtɑl.joʊ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T AE1 L Y OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N T AE1 G L Y OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: relief printing

Narrower terms: etching, engraving, drypoint

3

verb

Meaning 3

To engrave or etch using intaglio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diaglyph

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: glyptic art, glyptography

5

noun

Meaning 5

a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intaglio printing, gravure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: printing, printing process

Narrower terms: photogravure

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian intaglio, from intagliare (“to engrave”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: intaglie — design or piece of art
  • Czech: intaglio — design or piece of art
  • Esperanto: intajlo — design or piece of art
  • Esperanto: gliptikaĵo — design or piece of art
  • Greek: έγγλυφος (énglyfos) — design or piece of art
  • Greek: έγγλυφη (énglyfi) — design or piece of art
  • Greek: έγγλυφο (énglyfo) — design or piece of art
  • Greek: εγχάρακτος (encháraktos) — design or piece of art
  • Greek: εγχάρακτη (enchárakti) — design or piece of art
  • Greek: εγχάρακτο (enchárakto) — design or piece of art
  • Polish: intaglio — design or piece of art
  • Portuguese: entalho — design or piece of art
  • Bulgarian: дълбо́к печа́т (dǎlbók pečát) — printing method
  • Catalan: gravat al burí — printing method
  • Catalan: talla dolça — printing method
  • Czech: tisk zdola — printing method
  • Danish: dybtryk — printing method
  • French: taille-douce — printing method
  • German: Tiefdruckverfahren — printing method
  • Greek: εγγλυφή (englyfí) — printing method
  • Hungarian: mélynyomtatás — printing method
  • Indonesian: cetak dalam — printing method
  • Indonesian: intaglio — printing method
  • Irish: inghearradh — printing method
  • Latvian: dobspiedums — printing method
  • Polish: intaglio — printing method