ciselure
French, noun/siz.lyʁ/
ciselure is spelled C-I-S-E-L-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciselure is a French feminine noun meaning “engraving, chasing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de ciseler”.
What does ciselure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineengraving, chasing
- 2
femininecarving, tooling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de ciseler. 2. Ouvrage qui se fait en ciselant. 3. Entaille, incision. 4. Les cimes des banians et des manguiers géants avaient commencé à se découper en fines ciselures sur un ciel de sombre velours pâlissant. – (Pierre Benoit, Monsieur de la Ferté, Albin Michel, 1934, Cercle du Bibliophile, page 319)
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 ciselure
- ciselures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciselure?
- /siz.lyʁ/
- \si.zlyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ciselure in French?
ciselure appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).