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camaieu

camaieu noun: a style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.

Noun

camaieu (plural camaieus or camaieux)

  1. A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
  2. A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
  3. A cameo (relief carving).

Forms of camaieu

pluralcamaieus
pluralcamaieux
alternative formcamayeu

Origin of camaieu

Borrowed from French camaïeu. Doublet of cameo.

Questions about camaieu

What does camaieu mean?
Camaieu means a style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
What part of speech is camaieu?
Camaieu is a noun.
What is the plural of camaieu?
The plural of camaieu is camaieus.

Words near camaieu in the dictionary

  1. camaenids
  2. camagon
  3. camagons
  4. Camaguey
  5. Camagüey
  6. camaieu
  7. camaieus
  8. camaieux
  9. camail
  10. camailed
  11. camails

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