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cloisonné

cloisonné is the alternative spelling of cloisonne.

Meaning of cloisonne

Noun

cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)

  1. (uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
    • Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
  2. Objects decorated by this technique collectively.
    • The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.

Forms of cloisonné

pluralcloisonnés

Origin of cloisonné

Borrowed from French cloisonné (“partitioned”).

Questions about cloisonné

What is cloisonné the alternative spelling of?
Cloisonné is the alternative spelling of cloisonne.

Words near cloisonné in the dictionary

  1. cloisonne
  2. cloisonnes
  3. cloisonnism
  4. cloisonnist
  5. cloisonnists
  6. cloisonné
  7. cloisonnés
  8. cloisons
  9. cloister
  10. cloister vault
  11. cloister vaults

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cloisonné (page history and authors); cloisonne (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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