pyrography

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

pyrography (usually uncountable, plural pyrographies)

1. The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.
2. A decoration or design so produced.

Synonyms

• pokerwork
• pyrogravure
• wood burning

Related terms

• pyrograph
• pyrographer
• pyrographic
• pyropen

Translations

art of decorating wood or leather by burning designs into its surface

• Dutch: pyrografie f
• Finnish: pyrografia, polttopiirustus
• French: pyrogravure (fr) f
• German: Brandmalerei (de) f, Pyrografie (de) f, Pyrographie (de) f
• Greek: πυρογραφία (el) f (pyrografía)
• Hungarian: faégetés, pirográfia
• Italian: pirografia f
• Polish: pirografia f
• Romanian: pirogravură (ro) f
• Russian: пирогра́фия (ru) f (pirográfija)

decoration or design so produced

• Finnish: pyrografinen teos, polttopiirustus
• German: Brandmalerei (de) f, Pyrografie (de) f, Pyrographie (de) f
• Greek: πυρογραφία (el) f (pyrografía)

See also

• woodcut