pointillé

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pointillé.

Noun

pointillé (countable and uncountable, plural pointillés)

  1. A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.je/
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Noun

pointillé m (plural pointillés)

  1. dotted line
  2. perforation
  3. (art) stippling

Participle

pointillé (feminine pointillée, masculine plural pointillés, feminine plural pointillées)

  1. past participle of pointiller

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