damascene

See also: Damascene and damascène

English

Adjective

damascene (not comparable)

1. Inlaid with silver or gold.
2. Of or from Damascus.

Translations

inlaid with silver or gold

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錯金銀 / 错金银 (cuòjīnyín)

• Esperanto: arĝentaĵumita, oraĵumita
• French: damasquin (fr)
• Italian: damaschino (it)
• Portuguese: adamascado m

of or from Damascus

• Esperanto: damaska, damaskano
• French: damasquin (fr)
• Italian: damaschino (it)
• Portuguese: damasceno
• Turkish: Şamlı (tr)

Verb

damascene (third-person singular simple present damascenes, present participle damascening, simple past and past participle damascened)

1. (transitive) To decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or encrusting with another metal, such as silver or gold, or by etching, etc.; to damask.

Synonyms

• damaskeen
• damasken

Derived terms

• damascener

Translations

to decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or encrusting with another metal, such as silver or gold, or by etching, etc.; to damask

• Finnish: damaskoida (fi)
• French: damasquiner (fr)
• Ido: damaskinar (io)

Noun

damascene (plural damascenes)

1. Archaic form of damson.
   • 1818, Mary Martha Sherwood, The History of the Fairchild Family:

     As Emily was carrying one of the jars, she perceived that it was tied down so loosely that she could put in her finger and get at the fruit. Accordingly she took out one of the damascenes, and ate it […]

2. A pigeon of a certain breed.

Anagrams

• damasceen

Italian

Adjective

damascene

1. feminine plural of damasceno

Latin

Adjective

damascēne

1. vocative masculine singular of damascēnus

Middle English

Noun

damascene

1. Alternative form of damasyn