incise
See also: incisé
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French inciser.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪz
Verb
incise (third-person singular simple present incises, present participle incising, simple past and past participle incised)
- (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 5:
- The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer.
Derived terms
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂eyd- (0 c, 32 e)
Translations
to cut in or into
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “incise”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.siz/
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of proposition incise.
Noun
incise f (plural incises)
Etymology 2
Verb
incise
- inflection of inciser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “incise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
incise
- third-person singular past historic of incidere
Etymology 2
Participle
incise f pl
- feminine plural of inciso
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
incīse
- vocative masculine singular of incīsus
References
- “incise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incise”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
incise
- inflection of incisar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative