wood engraving in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wood engraving in the English»French Dictionary

wood engraving N

wood engraving

gravure f sur bois

Translations for wood engraving in the French»English Dictionary

gravure sur bois ART (en creux)

wood engraving

Translations for wood engraving in the English»French Dictionary

engraving [Brit ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ, ɛnˈɡreɪvɪŋ, Am ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ, ɛnˈɡreɪvɪŋ] N

engraving

gravure f

engrave [Brit ɪnˈɡreɪv, ɛnˈɡreɪv, Am ɪnˈɡreɪv, ɛnˈɡreɪv] VB trans (gen)

engrave TYPO

graver

engraved on the heart/mind

gravé dans le cœur/la mémoire

I.wood [Brit wʊd, Am wʊd] N

1. wood (fuel, timber):

wood

bois m

ash/beech wood

bois de frêne/de hêtre

made of solid wood

en bois massif

a piece of wood

un morceau de bois

a piece of wood attr fire, smoke, shavings

de bois

wood floor

plancher m

2. wood (barrel):

wood

fût m

aged in the wood

vieilli en fût

(drawn) from the wood

tiré du fût

3. wood (forest):

wood

bois m

birch/oak wood

bois m de bouleaux/de chênes

4. wood SPORTS:

wood (in bowls)

boule f (en bois)

wood (in golf)

bois m

a (number) three wood

un bois trois

to hit a ball off the wood (in tennis)

faire un bois

II.woods N npl

1. woods (forest):

woods

bois mpl

2. woods MUS:

woods

bois mpl

III.wood [Brit wʊd, Am wʊd]

touch wood! Brit , knock on wood! Am

touchons du bois! or je touche du bois!

we are not out of the wood yet

on n'est pas encore sorti de l'auberge

wood engraving in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wood engraving in the English»French Dictionary

engraving N

1. engraving (print):

engraving

estampe f

2. engraving (process):

engraving

gravure f

engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv, Am en-] VB trans

engrave

graver

wood [wʊd] N

1. wood no pl (material):

wood

bois m

a plank of wood

une planche de bois

olive wood

(bois d')olivier m

oak wood

(bois de) chêne m

2. wood (group of trees):

wood

bois m

in the woods

dans les bois

3. wood no pl Brit (wooden container):

wood

tonneau m

4. wood (golf club):

wood

bois m

Phrases:

he can't see the wood from the trees Brit, Aus

les arbres lui cachent la forêt

to touch[or knock on] wood

toucher du bois

not to be out of the wood

ne pas être tiré d'affaires

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Being especially skilled in wood engraving, he soon caught the public eye through his engravings for books.

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Typically, wordless novels used relief printing techniques such as woodcuts, wood engraving, metalcuts, or linocuts.

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By the mid-1890s, halftone printing had largely replaced wood engraving in the publishing industry.

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These cards, slightly larger than todays postcards, were produced by letterpress and wood engraving on coated card stock.

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At the age of 13, he did his first wood engraving of the coat of arms of his home town.

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The new technique only partially replaced the other commercial techniques of that time such as woodcut, wood engraving, copper engraving and later lithography.

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