How to pronounce sgraffito
American English pronunciation
zgrah-FEE-toh
- IPA
- /zɡɹɑˈfitoʊ/
- Syllables
- zgrah · FEE · toh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- skruh-FEE-toh
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What sgraffito means
Art made by scratching through one layer to show another
In a sentence: Mina scratched a bird into the black glaze, and the sgraffito showed the white clay underneath.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Italian word meaning scratched, which goes back to a Greek word meaning to write or scratch.
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