carving

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: car‧ving
• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑɹvɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)vɪŋ

Noun

carving ‎(plural carvings)

1. A carved object.

   The carving on the oak panels was ancient.

2. The craft of producing a carved object.

   He took up carving after his retirement.

Translations

the object produced

• Arabic: نَحْت (ar) m ‎(naḥt)
• Catalan: entallament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雕刻 (zh) ‎(diāokè)

• French: gravure (fr) f, sculpture (fr) f, découpage (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Schnitzerei f
• Greek: γλυπτό (el) n ‎(glyptó)
• Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) ‎(ちょうこく, chōkoku)
• Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving)
• Russian: резьба́ (ru) f ‎(rezʹbá)
• Spanish: tallado (es) m, escultura (es) f

the craft

• Greek: γλυπτική (el) f ‎(glyptikí)

• Italian: intaglio (it) m

Verb

carving

1. present participle of carve
2. (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

Anagrams

• craving