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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOREUTICS

From Greek toreutikos concerning work in relief, from toreuein to bore through, from toreus tool for boring.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOREUTICS

toreutics  [təˈruːtɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOREUTICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toreutics 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 TOREUTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Toreutics

Toreutics is a term, relatively rare in English, for artistic metalworking, by hammering gold or silver, engraving, Repoussé and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns. Toreutics can include metal-engraving – forward-pressure linear metal removal with a burin.

Definition of toreutics in the English dictionary

The definition of toreutics in the dictionary is the art of making detailed ornamental reliefs, esp in metal, by embossing and chasing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOREUTICS


aeronautics
ˌɛərəˈnɔːtɪks
aquanautics
ˈækwəˌnɔːtɪks
aquatics
əˈkwætɪks
astronautics
ˌæstrəˈnɔːtɪks
bioaeronautics
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛərəˈnɔːtɪks
bioastronautics
ˌbaɪəʊˌæstrəˈnɔːtɪks
cosmetics
kɒzˈmetɪks
cosmonautics
ˌkɒzməˈnɔːtɪks
electrotherapeutics
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks
hermeneutics
ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪks
hydrotherapeutics
ˌhaɪdrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks
logistics
lɒˈdʒɪstɪks
maieutics
meɪˈjuːtɪks
mathematics
ˌmæθəˈmætɪks
pharmaceutics
ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪks
phototherapeutics
ˌfəʊtəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks
politics
ˈpɒlɪtɪks
psychotherapeutics
ˌsaɪkəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks
statistics
stəˈtɪstɪks
therapeutics
ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOREUTICS

torchon lace
torchwood
torchy
torcular
tordion
tore
toreador
toreador pants
torero
toreutic
Torfaen
torgoch
tori
toric
toric lens
Tories
torii
Torino
torment
tormented

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOREUTICS

acoustics
aesthetics
antics
bioinformatics
diagnostics
electromagnetics
genetics
gymnastics
informatics
kinetics
linguistics
office politics
optics
orthodontics
orthotics
pneumatics
robotics
semantics
statics
tactics

Synonyms and antonyms of toreutics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «toreutics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOREUTICS

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

Translator English - Chinese

toreutics
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Toreutics
570 millions of speakers

English

toreutics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

toreutics
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

toreutics
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торевтики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Toreutics
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

toreutics
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Toreutics
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toreutics
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Toreutik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

彫金
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

toreutics
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toreutika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toreutics
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலோகத்தில் புடைப்பாகச் சித்திரம் செதுக்கும் கலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरुटिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maden oymacılığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Toreutics
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Toreutics
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торевтики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

toreutics
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τορευτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toreutics
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

toreutics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toreutics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toreutics

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOREUTICS»

The term «toreutics» is used very little and occupies the 189.184 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOREUTICS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «toreutics» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «toreutics» 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 toreutics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOREUTICS»

Discover the use of toreutics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toreutics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hammering Techniques in Greek and Roman Jewellery and Toreutics
This reference work which brings together tools of ancient toreuts (matrices, punches) and actual finds of hammered metalwork offers new complex approaches to study a particular technique of Greek, Roman and relaterd toreutics and jewellery ...
Michail Yu Treister, 2001
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Achaemenid Culture and Local Traditions in Anatolia, ...
The Toreutics of Colchis in the 5th-4th Centuries BC Local Traditions, Outside Influences, Innovations Mikhail Yu. Treister Abstract Two silver vessels: a silver aryballos from the mid-5th century BC burial No. 11/1969 in Vani and a silver goblet ...
Askolʹd Igorevich Ivanchik, Vaxtang Ličʻeli, 2007
3
Toreutics
Toreutics can include metal-engraving - forward-pressure linear metal removal with a burin.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
4
Persian Handicrafts: Mosaic, Iranian Pottery, Persian ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2011
5
Ancient West & East , Volume 3 Volume 3, No 2
2001: Hammering Techniques in Greek and Roman Jewellery and Toreutics ( Leiden/Boston/Cologne). Tsetskhladze, G.R. and Snodgrass, A.M. (eds.) 2002: Greek Settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Oxford).
Gocha Tsetskhladze, 2005
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Thracian art treasures
sides, and the figure of a Bacchante with a Satyr on the other, is typically Greek, known to Greek toreutics as early as the Mycenaean period. From toreutics it passed into ceramics, where similar kantharoi are often reproduced.200 As to the  ...
Ivan Venedikov, Todor Dimitrov Gerasimov, 1975
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The Rogozen Treasure
The 165 silver vessels found in the village of Rogozen represent in fact part of the development of the art of toreutics during the last decades of the fifth and the first half of the fourth century BC in the lands around the Black Sea, where Asia ...
Aleksandăr N. Fol, 1989
8
Talanta:
Athenian domination in the late 5th century in the Black Sea was reflected in artistic products, a monopoly in pottery, toreutics and other products all over the region. Athenian silver vases largely replaced the Ionian and Persian toreutics ...
‎2006
9
From Urartu to Armenia: Florilegium Gevork A. Tiratsʻyan in ...
ON. TOREUTICS. AND. JEWELRY. IN. ARMENIA. IN. ACHAEMENIAN. TIMES*. ( Pis. 4-6) The toreutic artifacts and jewelry found in Armenia and dated mainly in the 5th-4th centuries BC constitute an exciting collection of silver and bronze ...
Gevorg Artashesi Tiratsʻyan, Ṛuben Vardanyan, 2003
10
Brill's New Pauly: encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Antiquity
Ceramics, Minor arts, Toreutics From the modest, dark brown -» impasto ware of the Villanova period arose -» bucchero pottery in the 7th cent. BC, distinguished by the quality of its black clay, the elegance of vessel shapes and its incised and  ...
Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, 2004

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Toreutics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/toreutics>. May 2024 ».
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