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Plural of etching

regular plural

The plural of etching is etchings.

Forms of etching

Singularetching /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
Pluraletchings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Etchings in a sentence

  • Would you like to see my etchings?From the entry see someone's etchings
  • Let me show you my etchings.From the entry show someone one's etchings
  • “Would you like to step inside to view my etchings?” he murmured, now kissing her brow and nose.2013, Stephen Pearsall, Focus, page 357. From the entry view someone's etchings
  • He also produced etchings, drypoints, wood engravings, lithographs and zincographs.2002, Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Papadakis Publisher, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry gypsography
  • “Never wanted to show off my etchings before.1988, Ruth Seamands, Pearls in the Rain, Bristol Books, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry show someone one's etchings

Meaning of etching

  1. noun The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
  2. noun The image created by this process.

Full definition of etching

Questions about the plural of etching

What is the plural of etching?
The plural of etching is etchings.
Is etching countable?
Etching is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: etching (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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