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Meaning of "pointille" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POINTILLE

pointille  [ˈpwæntiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POINTILLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pointille 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 POINTILLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pointille

Pointillé

Pointillé is a decorative technique in which patterns are formed on a surface by a means of punched dots. The technique is similar to embossing or engraving but is done manually and does not cut into the surface being decorated. Pointillé was commonly used to decorate arms and armor starting in the fifteenth century. The Holy Thorn Reliquary in the British Museum, made in France at the end of the 14th century, has very fine and delicate pointillé work in gold.

Definition of pointille in the English dictionary

The definition of pointille in the dictionary is a fine point or subtle distinction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POINTILLE


affrontee
əˈfrʌntiː
antae
ˈæntiː
conoscente
ˌkɒnəʊˈʃɛntiː
DT
ˌdiːˈtiː
EET
ˌiːiːˈtiː
graffiti
ɡræˈfiːtiː
guarantee
ˌɡærənˈtiː
LGBT
ˈɛlˈdʒiːˈbiːˈtiː
literati
ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtiː
parti
ˈpɑːtiː
pentimenti
ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntiː
placentae
pləˈsɛntiː
sente
ˈsɛntiː
shanti
ˈʃɑːntiː
te
tiː
tea
tiː
tee
tiː
ti
tiː
titi
ˈtiːtiː
trustee
trʌˈstiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POINTILLE

point-to-point
pointable
pointe
Pointe-Noire
pointed
pointed arch
pointel
pointelle
pointer
Pointers
pointillism
pointillisme
pointillist
pointilliste
pointillistic
pointing
pointless
points
points dappui
points system

WORDS THAT END LIKE POINTILLE

andouille
apostille
Bastille
famille
fille
Granville
grille
Huntsville
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lille
Louisville
marseille
Melville
Nashville
pastille
quadrille
Seville
Somerville
taille

Synonyms and antonyms of pointille in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pointille» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POINTILLE

Find out the translation of pointille to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pointille from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pointille» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pointille
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pointillé
570 millions of speakers

English

pointille
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pointille
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pointille
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pointille
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pointillé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pointille
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pointille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pointille
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pointillé
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pointille
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pointille
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pointille
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pointille
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pointille
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉइंटेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pointille
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pointillé
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pointille
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pointille
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pointille
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pointille
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pointille
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pointille
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pointille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pointille

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POINTILLE»

The term «pointille» is normally little used and occupies the 131.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POINTILLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pointille» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pointille» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pointille

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POINTILLE»

Discover the use of pointille in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pointille and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Red Pointille Journal
Iridescent accents, embossed. 160 lined, acid-free pages.
Peter Pauper Press Inc., 2013
2
Structure and Cognition in Art
Pointille decoration continues to be produced, but in smaller amounts, since it is largely being replaced by the use of incised decoration. Level III represents the Middle Neolithic at Knossos. J. Evans believes that it represents a relatively short  ...
Dorothy Koster Washburn, 1983
3
Vermeer
ln the 1650s, Vermeer began to paint scenes using a technique called pointille. To do pointille, Vermeer applied layers of small beads of paint to an object, which makes it appear brighter. He used this method to show how sunlight through a ...
Melody S. Mis, 2007
4
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections
The artists' and kiln records show that in 1783 the painter J. -B. Tandart was also painting flowers on plaques that were gilded by Vincent.7 The artists' records for 1783 also include some of Mme Taillandier's work on plaques with pointille ...
Adrian Sassoon, 1992
5
Reader in the History of Books and Printing
The filigree effect of gilded, pointille decoration as a background for the ribbon interlacings or fillet scaffolding of a fanfare binding was enhanced by the use of red morocco which in the 17th century largely superseded brown calf. Pointille ...
Paul A. Winckler, 1983
6
I, Too, Am America: Archaeological Studies of ...
Decorative Techniques: Rouletting and Small Decorative Stamp Devices Emerson's use of the term pointille or denticulate decoration refers to the same decorative technique as dentate or rouletted used by other archaeologists in the region.
Theresa A. Singleton, 1999
7
Collared Urns of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland
J93.894 and 889), the former plain, the latter with pointille decoration; in Scotland at Carfrae, Lothian (Scott 195 1: Fig. 2, No. 28), plain; and in Wales at Holt, Clwyd (Savory 1957: Fig. 5, No. 21), plain. Somewhat deeper versions of the form, ...
Ian H. Longworth, 1984
8
Sale Catalogues
Contemporary English binding, in dark morocco extra, gilt, outer narrow and line dentelle borders in the sides; inner border formed of rococo toolings with pointille scrolls heightened with silver; large inner panel formed of fifteen compartments, ...
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm), 1590
9
Treasure in the Medieval West
Examples of pointille can be seen on all three levels (Plates 1, 7-9). The angels' wings are decorated with feathers in a fine pattern of dots. The fleurs de lis on the upright surface below the battlemented terrace, the diaper pattern on the ground  ...
Elizabeth M. Tyler, 2000
10
The Chesopiean
THE POINTILLE' PIPE IN THE UPPER DELAWARE VALLEY: CONTRIBUTION NO. 5 TO TOCKS ISLAND RESERVOIR AREA ARCHAEOLOGY Vernon Leslie Although this article is primarily concerned with the scarce but important examples ...
‎1970

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POINTILLE»

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1
Worlds expand in summer classrooms
In an inventive twist, they reproduced their likenesses, using the pointille technique, on t-shirts. The students combined to create a wearable ... «Greenwich Time, Aug 13»
2
I've Played Deus Ex. She Hasn't. Now We're Playing It Together
In the opening sequence, when they zoomed into that one dude's reddish, pointille eye, I literally vocalized my laughter. But I like it so far, ... «Kotaku Australia, Aug 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pointille [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pointille>. Apr 2024 ».
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