taille-douce

== French == === Etymology === Literally, “soft-cutting”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taj.dus/ ~ /tɑj.dus/ === Noun === taille-douce f (countable and uncountable, plural tailles-douces) (usually uncountable) line engraving, copper-plate engraving (a type of engraving on copper plates where the design is made up of a series of lines) Antonym: taille d'épargne (countable) print made on a board engraved using this method ==== Usage notes ==== The French term is often used directly in English, where it should be italicized. === Further reading === taille-douce on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr “taille-douce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Douglas and Mary Patrick, The Musson Stamp Dictionary, Toronto, Musson Book Co., 1972, →ISBN