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decalcomania

/diːˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə/

decalcomania noun: the process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.

Noun

decalcomania (countable and uncountable, plural decalcomanias)

  1. The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
  2. A decal.
    • The principal change in paragraph 1406 is the reduction in the rates of duty provided in the House bill on ceramic decalcomanias.1930, United States Congressional serial set, number 9185, page 43

decalcomania meaning in Bengali

decalcomania in Bengali

ডিকাল

Forms of decalcomania

pluraldecalcomanias

Origin of decalcomania

Borrowed from French décalcomanie.

Questions about decalcomania

What does decalcomania mean?
Decalcomania means the process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
What is decalcomania in Bengali?
Decalcomania in Bengali is ডিকাল. See Decalcomania meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is decalcomania?
Decalcomania is a noun.
How do you pronounce decalcomania?
Decalcomania is pronounced /diːˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of decalcomania?
The plural of decalcomania is decalcomanias.

Words near decalcomania in the dictionary

  1. decalcifiers
  2. decalcifies
  3. decalcify
  4. decalcifying
  5. decalcinated
  6. decalcomania
  7. decalcomaniac
  8. decalcomaniacs
  9. decalcomanias
  10. decalcomanie
  11. decalcomanies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decalcomania (page history and authors); decalcomania (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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