How to pronounce intaglio
American English pronunciation
in-TAL-yoh
- IPA
- /ɪnˈtæljoʊ/
- Syllables
- in · TAL · yoh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What intaglio means
A design cut down into a surface
In a sentence: The ring had a lion in intaglio, so it pressed a raised lion into soft wax.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from an Italian word meaning to engrave.
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