repoussé
/ɹəˌpuːˈseɪ/noun, verb
repoussé is a noun meaning “A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-P-O-U-S-S-É and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does repoussé mean?
noun
- 1
A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
verb
- 1
To use this metalworking technique.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce repoussé?
- UK /ɹəˈpuːseɪ/
- US /ɹəˌpuːˈseɪ/
Repoussé has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of repoussé
- repoussés present, singular, he/she/it
- repousséing participle, present
- repousséed participle, past
- repousséd participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is repoussé?
Repoussé appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Repoussé in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense metalworking technique:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ziselieren |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does repoussé come from?
Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).