How to pronounce craquelure
American English pronunciation
krak-LOOR
- IPA
- /kɹækˈlʊɹ/
- Syllables
- krak · LOOR (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What craquelure means
The fine web of tiny cracks on an old painting's surface
In a sentence: Up close, the museum's oldest portrait was covered in a delicate craquelure.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, from a word meaning to crackle.
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