rotogravure
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English
Etymology
From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.
Noun
rotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)
- A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
- A print made by such a method.
- A portion of a printed work produced by this method.
- 1933, Irving Berlin, Easter Parade:
- On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.
- 1943, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Book 2: Chapter 5, page 248:
- On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.
Related terms
French
Noun
rotogravure f (plural rotogravures)
Further reading
- “rotogravure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.