champlevé
French, noun\ʃɑ̃l.ve\
champlevé is spelled C-H-A-M-P-L-E-V-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Champlevé is a French masculine noun meaning “champlevé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Burin à ventre arrondi qui sert pour le bois de bout”.
What does champlevé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
champlevé
noun
- 1
masculinechamplevé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Burin à ventre arrondi qui sert pour le bois de bout.
noun: 1. Objet en bois, cuivre ou zinc incrusté d’émail.
adjective: 1. Qui présente une surface de bois, cuivre ou zinc creusée et incrustée d’émail. 2. Avec un relief en méplat obtenu par enlèvement d’un tiers de l’épaisseur totale de métal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of champlevé
- champlevée feminine
- champlevés masculine plural
- champlevées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce champlevé?
- \ʃɑ̃l.ve\
- \ʃɑ̃.lə.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is champlevé in French?
champlevé appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).