cloisonne
See also: cloisonné
English
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A Ming bowl decorated with cloisonne
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French.
Noun
cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)
- (metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked between raised ridges of the metal.
- Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
- Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.
- (metalwork) Objects decorated by this technique collectively.
- The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.
Translations
technique
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collective noun for these objects
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French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: cloisonnent, cloisonnes
Verb
cloisonne
- first-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
- third-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
- second-person singular imperative of cloisonner
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