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eau forte

eau forte noun: an etching or a print from an etched plate.

Noun

eau forte (plural eaux fortes)

  1. An etching or a print from an etched plate.

Forms of eau forte

pluraleaux fortes

Origin of eau forte

Borrowed from French eau forte (“strong water; nitric acid (which is used in etching plates)”).

Questions about eau forte

What does eau forte mean?
Eau forte means an etching or a print from an etched plate.
What part of speech is eau forte?
Eau forte is a noun.
What is the plural of eau forte?
The plural of eau forte is eaux fortes.

Words near eau forte in the dictionary

  1. eau de parfum
  2. eau de toilette
  3. eau de toilettes
  4. eau de vie
  5. eau de vies
  6. eau forte
  7. eau-de-nil
  8. eau-de-vie
  9. Eaude
  10. eaur
  11. eaus

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