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guilloche

/ɡɪˈlɒʃ/

guilloche noun: a fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.

Noun

guilloche (plural guilloches)

  1. A fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
    • A railroad right-of-way, straight across the Balkan Peninsula, conceded in Cyrillic and Arabic script all woven in and out of the loveliest green guilloche by the no-longer-quite-unabsorbed entity of East Roumelia.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1015
  2. The tool used to create such work.

Verb

guilloche (third-person singular simple present guilloches, present participle guilloching, simple past and past participle guilloched)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with intersecting curved lines.

guilloche meaning in Tamil

guilloche in Tamil

பின்னற்சடை வகை ஒப்பனை, காருக ஒப்பனை, பின்னற்சடை ஒப்பனை

Forms of guilloche

Noun
pluralguilloches
Verb
third-person singular presentguilloches
present participleguilloching
past participleguilloched
pastguilloched

Origin of guilloche

From French guilloche.

Words formed from guilloche

Words that rhyme with guilloche

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Questions about guilloche

What does guilloche mean?
Guilloche means a fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
What is guilloche in Tamil?
Guilloche in Tamil is பின்னற்சடை வகை ஒப்பனை, காருக ஒப்பனை, பின்னற்சடை ஒப்பனை. See Guilloche meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is guilloche?
Guilloche can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce guilloche?
Guilloche is pronounced /ɡɪˈlɒʃ/.
What is the plural of guilloche?
The plural of guilloche is guilloches.

Words near guilloche in the dictionary

  1. Guillet
  2. Guillets
  3. Guillette
  4. Guillettes
  5. Guillim
  6. guilloche
  7. guilloched
  8. guilloches
  9. guilloching
  10. guilloché
  11. guillochés

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guilloche (page history and authors); guilloche (Tamil 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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