camaïeu

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

camaïeu

camaü, "fine stone"; (late 12th century) cachmahief, camahief, "fine stone"; (mid-13th century) sardoine [kamaheu] est de deus perres traites, de sardoine e d'onicle faites (kamaheu is a gloss introduced into the text by the copyist); (late 13th century) camau; (late 13th century) kamahieu; (1437) camaieu, "fine stone, cameo"; (1676) camayeu, "a genre of grisaille painting".

Definitions

minéralogie

Synonyms

grisaillemonochrome

Plural

camaïeux

Translations

  • germangerman:Camaieu
  • englishenglish:camaieu