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decalcomania

decalcomania

English

Noun

decalcomania (countable and uncountable, plural decalcomanias)

  1. The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
  2. A decal.
    • 1930, United States Congressional serial set (issue 9185, page 43)
      The principal change in paragraph 1406 is the reduction in the rates of duty provided in the House bill on ceramic decalcomanias.

Translations


Italian

Etymology

From French décalcomanie.

Noun

decalcomania f (plural decalcomanie)

  1. transfer (that puts a design on the skin)
  2. decal
  3. decalcomania