carving - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ
- Homophone: calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)
- Hyphenation: carv‧ing
carving (countable and uncountable, plural carvings)
- (sculpture) A carved object.
The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
- The act or craft of producing a carved object.
He took up carving after his retirement.
My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.
the object produced
- Arabic: نَحْت (ar) m (naḥt)
- Bulgarian: дърворезба (bg) f (dǎrvorezba)
- Catalan: entallament m
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: ĉizaĵo (eo)
- French: gravure (fr) f, sculpture (fr) f, découpage (fr) m
- Galician: talla (gl) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schnitzerei (de) f
- Greek: γλυπτό (el) n (glyptó)
- Ancient: γλυφή f (gluphḗ)
- Irish: snoiteán m
- Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
- Latvian: grebums m, kokgriezums m (wood carving)
- Maori: whakaironga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: utskjæring m or f
- Nynorsk: utskjering f
- Russian: резьба́ (ru) f (rezʹbá)
- Spanish: tallado (es) m, escultura (es) f
- Swedish: snideri (sv) c
- Ukrainian: різьба́ (uk) f (rizʹbá), рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja)
the craft
- Bulgarian: разбарство n (razbarstvo)
- French: sculpture de bois
- Galician: talla (gl) f
- German: Schnitzerei (de) f
- Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí)
- Ancient: γλυπτική f (gluptikḗ)
- Irish: snoíodóireacht f, snoí m
- Italian: intaglio (it) m
- Swedish: snideri (sv) c
- Ukrainian: рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja), різьба́рство n (rizʹbárstvo), різьбя́рство n (rizʹbjárstvo)
carving
- present participle and gerund of carve
- (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.