kintsugi
Syllables: kin·tsu·gi/kɪntˈsuːɡi/
kintsugi noun: the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.
Noun
kintsugi (uncountable)
- The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.
- In rehearsals here the director, Oliver Butler, has brought up kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken objects with powdered gold or other colors to accentuate the cracks.2015 September 16, Patrick Healy, “For Christopher Shinn, Confronting Death Brings a New Play to Life”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- kintsukuroi
kintsugi meaning in Malayalam
kintsugi in Malayalam
- kintsugi
- കിന്റ്സുഗി kinṟsugi
Synonyms of kintsugi
Origin of kintsugi
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 金継ぎ (kintsugi, literally “golden repair, golden joinery”).
Questions about kintsugi
- What does kintsugi mean?
- Kintsugi means the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.
- What is kintsugi in Malayalam?
- Kintsugi in Malayalam is കിന്റ്സുഗി (kinṟsugi). See Kintsugi meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is kintsugi?
- Kintsugi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kintsugi?
- Kintsugi is pronounced /kɪntˈsuːɡi/.
Words near kintsugi in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kintsugi (page history and authors); കിന്റ്സുഗി (Malayalam) (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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