photogravure
French, noun\fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.vyʁ\
photogravure is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-V-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photogravure is a French feminine noun meaning “photogravure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des procédés qui permettent d’appliquer la photographie à la gravure”.
What does photogravure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotogravure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des procédés qui permettent d’appliquer la photographie à la gravure. 2. Gravure faite par ce procédé.
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 photogravure
- photogravures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photogravure?
- \fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.vyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is photogravure in French?
photogravure appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).