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millefiori

US

ˌmɪləˈfjɔːri

UK

ˌmɪləˈfjɔːri

Meaning

A glassmaking technique that creates flower-like patterns by fusing thin, colored glass rods together.

रंगीन काँच की पतली छड़ों को जोड़कर फूल जैसे डिज़ाइन बनाने की तकनीक या उससे बनी काँच की सजावटी वस्तु।

Examples

“The artisan used millefiori to create a bright pattern inside the glass paperweight.”

use millefioriglass paperweight

“Her millefiori beads show tiny flowers when viewed from the end.”

millefiori beadsshow a pattern

“The museum displayed millefiori glass beside other examples of traditional glasswork.”

millefiori glassdisplay an example

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millefiori glassmillefiori beadsmillefiori paperweightmillefiori techniquemillefiori canescreate a millefiori pattern

Common mistakes

Not natural: The artist made a millefioris bowl.

Better: The artist made a millefiori glass bowl.

Millefiori is not normally pluralized with an English -s; use it to describe the glass or technique.

अंग्रेज़ी में millefiori के साथ आम तौर पर -s नहीं लगाते; इसे काँच या तकनीक का वर्णन करने के लिए इस्तेमाल करें।

Not natural: The pattern is made of real flowers.

Better: The pattern is made of colored glass and resembles flowers.

Millefiori patterns look like flowers, but they are formed from colored glass, not actual petals.

Millefiori के डिज़ाइन फूलों जैसे दिखते हैं, लेकिन वे रंगीन काँच से बनते हैं, असली पंखुड़ियों से नहीं।

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mosaic glassflower-patterned glass

Learner tip

Millefiori names both a distinctive glassmaking technique and the floral-looking patterns it produces; it does not mean real flowers.

Millefiori काँच बनाने की खास तकनीक और उससे बने फूलों जैसे डिज़ाइन, दोनों के लिए आता है; इसका मतलब असली फूल नहीं है।

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What makes a glass object millefiori?

किस वजह से काँच की कोई वस्तु millefiori कहलाती है?