lithograph

English

Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Ophelia, 1843, lithograph.

Etymology

Back-formation from lithography, litho- (“stone”) +‎ -graph (“that writes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪθəɡɹæf/, /ˈlɪθəɡɹɑːf/

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Noun

lithograph (plural lithographs)

1. A printed image produced by lithography.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 1:

     To one side, by a tall window, a tiny Renoir lithograph of a bather.

Derived terms

• chromolithograph

Translations

image produced by lithography

• Catalan: litografia (ca)
• Danish: litografi n
• Dutch: litho (nl) m, steendruck
• Finnish: litografia (fi), kivipiirros (fi)
• French: lithographie (fr) f
• German: Lithografie (de) f, Lithographie (de) f, Steindruck (de) m
• Ido: litografuro (io)
• Irish: liteagraf m
• Italian: litografia (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: litografi m

  Nynorsk: litografi m

• Polish: litografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: litografia (pt) f
• Spanish: litografía (es) f
• Swedish: litografi (sv) c

Verb

lithograph (third-person singular simple present lithographs, present participle lithographing, simple past and past participle lithographed)

1. To create a copy of an image through lithography.

Translations

to copy of an image through lithography

• Catalan: litografiar (ca)
• French: lithographier (fr)
• German: lithografieren (de)
• Ido: litografar (io)
• Irish: liteagraf
• Italian: litografare
• Portuguese: litografar