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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIRE PERDUE

Literally: lost wax.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CIRE PERDUE

cire perdue  [sir pɛrdy] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRE PERDUE

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Cire perdue is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIRE PERDUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cire perdue

Lost-wax casting

Lost-wax casting is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture is cast from an original sculpture. Dependent on the sculptor's skills, intricate works can be achieved by this method. The oldest known examples of this technique are the objects discovered in the Cave of the Treasure hoard in southern Israel, and which belong to the Chalcolithic period. Conservative Carbon 14 estimates date the items to c. 3700 BCE, making them more than 5700 years old. Though the process today varies from foundry to foundry, the steps used in casting small bronze sculptures are fairly standardized. Variations of the process include: "lost mould", which recognizes that materials other than wax can be used; and "waste wax process", because the mould is destroyed to remove the cast item. Lost-wax casting was widespread in Europe until the 18th century, when a piece-moulding process came to predominate.

Definition of cire perdue in the English dictionary

The definition of cire perdue in the dictionary is a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRE PERDUE

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Synonyms and antonyms of cire perdue in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cire perdue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIRE PERDUE

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Translator English - Chinese

蜡溶解
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cera perdida
570 millions of speakers

English

cire perdue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cire दिलेर सिपाही
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شمع مولتن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Воск жидкий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cire perdue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Cire perdue
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cire perdue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cenderung bertahan
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Translator English - German

Cire perdue
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シレ溶解したワックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

CIRE 의 퍼듀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cire perdue
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cire perdue
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Cire perdue
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅअर परेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cire perdue
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cera persa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cire perdue
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віск рідкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cire Perdue
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Cire Perdue
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Translator English - Afrikaans

cire perdue
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Translator English - Swedish

Cire perdue
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Translator English - Norwegian

Cire Perdue
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRE PERDUE»

Discover the use of cire perdue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cire perdue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
S. Casson The Technique of Early Greek Sculpture Oxford 1933 is more precise: ' One thing is certain — that the Minoans had no knowledge at all of hollow casting by the cire-perdue process' (cp. L. R. Farnell supra ii. 644 n. 1). But is that so ...
A. B. Cook, Cook, 2010
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Advanced Control Strategies for Social and Economic Systems ...
Orissa and Madhya Pradesh in India, and is now generically applied to a variety of beautifully shaped and decorated brassware products created by the cire perdue or 'lost wax' process. The craft of lost- wax casting is an ancient one in India, ...
Peter Kopacek, 2005
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Roots and Branches: Poems
4 [STRUCTURE OF RIME xiv] Cire perdue, waste that was wax to the edge melting, forecast I've known in every touch! — thus the Lover addresst his unrest in the first uprising of the light that unspclld his surrounding dark: This night has so ...
Robert Duncan, 1964
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Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
... e' traffic 12 TELECOM trafic perdu 122,' é wax 12 C&G cire perdue /{ éwax casting 12 PROD ENG coulée é la cire perdue / e' wax mold for casting 12 (AmE), é wax mould for casting 12 (BrE) MECH ENG moule pour fonderie é la cire perdue ...
Yves Arden, 2013
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Cire perdue [Fr.: 'lost wax']. Method of hollow bronze casting with wax. Cire perdue (also known as investment or precision casting) is used where very accurate reproduction of detail is required. The process was developed in the ancient Near ...
Gordon Campbell, 2006
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1000 Lights: 1878-1959
Using the ancient cire perdue technique, Rene Lalique often made his first models in wax - as was probably the case for the chandelier pictured to the right. These were then fitted into a frame and encased in a mixture of plaster, quartz and ...
Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell, 2005
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Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe
More complex objects were made in reusable stone or bronze multiple-piece molds or by lost-wax (cire perdue) casting. For the latter a model of the desired object was created in wax, with or without a clay core, and sometimes with elaborate ...
Jane McIntosh, 2009
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Warman's Lalique: Identification and Price Guide
Cire Perdue The surface of Lalique glass made with this lost-wax process may appear opaque, rough and grainy (some even bear fingerprints), and have applied patination, often sepia. These are the rarest of all Lalique glass items, and only ...
Mark Moran, 2011
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Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver
We used the “ciré perdue“ method: ciré meaning wax and perdue meaning lost. It's a wonderful name for a process, echoing Proust with overtones of tender memory. Wax itself is plastilene with the sediments removed, responsive to haptic  ...
Mary Strachan Scriver, 2007
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Cognition, Communication and Interaction: Transdisciplinary ...
Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Interactive Technology Satinder P. Gill. 2. The Cire Perdue Technique The casting of finely detailed metal artefacts by means of the cire perdue, or lost wax, technique is almost as old as settled civilisation.
Satinder P. Gill, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRE PERDUE»

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Vintage view: perfume bottles
Utilising the cire perdue (lost wax) techniques, Lalique brought the same attention to detail to his work on modest, pressed glass bottles, as he ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
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Gérard Depardieu a sa statue de bronze
«J'ai utilisé la technique de la cire perdue. Ce travail m'a rappelé celui réalisé, il y a de nombreuses années, pour «Le lecteur» qui se trouve à ... «lavenir.net, Mar 15»
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World's most expensive whisky sold at auction
This was a 64 year-old expression of Macallan called Cire Perdue. As to what the "M" will be like to sample, given that few readers will be in a ... «Digital Journal, Mar 15»
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Most expensive whisky sold at auction: The Macallan M breaks …
... Cire Perdue, raising funds for a host of locally based charities and setting the new world record for the Most expensive whisky sold at auction, ... «World Record Academy, Feb 15»
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Art on the Palate: Whiskies at Auctions
... principals, beat the previous record of $460,000 set by Sotheby's New York in 2010 with The Macallan 64-year-old in Lalique Cire Perdue. «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jan 15»
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A fine balance and metal tales
Somnath Hore comes readily to mind particularly because, like the master, he doesn't choose the method of moulds and cire perdue but works ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Nov 14»
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Ethnic and aesthetic
Odisha presents pretty jewel boxes and artistic dhokra lamps, human figures, gods and goddesses done in the cire perdue process. Also very ... «The Hindu, Nov 14»
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Horse bronze expected to fetch up to $US1.5 million
The bronze sculpture is signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark “Degas 47/J AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE” on the top of the base. «Horsetalk, Oct 14»
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Fine art bronze works dedicated at Henle Dance Pavilion
The art works, on display in Foster Atrium, were cast from a genuine studio plaster using the cire perdue (lost wax) method. Each bronze bears ... «Union College, Jun 14»
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What's Right Meow: These Ornate Accessories Are Earth and Feline …
Each piece is handcrafted in Frigo's N.Y.C.-studio using the ancient practices of metalsmithing and cire perdue (or lost-wax casting). She works ... «InStyle, May 14»

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