serigraph

American  

[ser-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈsɛr ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a print made by the silkscreen process.

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serigraph British  

/ ˈsɛrɪˌɡræf, səˈrɪɡrəfɪ, -ˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a colour print made by an adaptation of the silk-screen process

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Other Word Forms

• serigrapher noun
• serigraphy noun

Etymology

Origin of serigraph

1885–90; seri- (as in sericulture ) + -graph

Compare meaning

How does serigraph compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• serigraph vs. lithograph

Example Sentences

In between events, Hirugami partnered with multidisciplinary artist Ruben Ochoa to sell prints of his serigraph, titled “¡Tintín...Tintín...Paletas...Paletas!”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

The prints are listed primarily as serigraph, also known as silk-screen, or relief, which includes woodcut and linocut.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

And not just any castles: I envisioned tracking down the mysterious ruins pictured in “Irish Castle,” a serigraph by contemporary American artist Thomas McKnight that’s been a fixture on my living room wall since 1982.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2015

And so it is that a LeRoy Neiman serigraph of a Revolutionary War minuteman with his rifle resting heroically on his shoulder — Mr. Neiman’s martial response to Sept.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2012

That is one of the nice things about prints: each one, whether it be an etching, woodcut, lithograph or serigraph, is just as much an "original" as the first.

From Time Magazine Archive