How to Pronounce “grattage” in English
/grættɪdʒ/
grat·tage
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IPA/grættɪdʒ/
Syllablesgrat·tage
What does “grattage” mean?
NOUN
- The scraping away of granulations (from an ulcer etc.) in order to stimulate healing.
- A technique popularized by Max Ernst involving scraping at dried paint in order to form patterns.
Example sentences
- “August 18th.—Operation by "grattage" without ether. The pain experienced by the patient was quite severe.”
- “Automatism in art can arise quite deliberately from manual techniques (such as frottage, grattage and decalcomania in the visual arts, algorithmic or statistical procedures in musical composition, or random verbal collages in poetry) or accidentally from altered states of consciousness (for example, intoxication, hallucination, trance and ecstasy).”
How to pronounce “grattage”
- Syllables:
- grat · tage
- IPA:
- /grættɪdʒ/
- Listen for:
- the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.
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How do you pronounce “grattage”?
“grattage” is pronounced /grættɪdʒ/ (grat · tage). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.
How many syllables are in “grattage”?
“grattage” has 2 syllables: grat · tage.
What does “grattage” mean?
The scraping away of granulations (from an ulcer etc.) in order to stimulate healing.