decalcomania

From French décalcomanie.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [diːˌkæɫkəˈmeɪnɪə]

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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, number 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.

Borrowed from French décalcomanie.

decalcomania f (plural decalcomanie)

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