Giclee
From The Glossary of Digital Photography
An alternative name for a photographic print made by an inkjet printer. A giclee is supposed to refer to high-quality printing of images on fine art paper, focusing as much attention to archival qualities as possible, but that definition continually gets pushed downward. Giclee (pronounced gee-CLAY) is a French word for spurt or spray, and it was chosen to enhance the marketing appeal of inkjet prints. It has now come to mean duplicates or copies of paintings and watercolor images, as compared to originals, because of its heavy use in the fine art world. Giclees sell for less than the original artwork. When used with digital photographs, some people have confused the concept of copies with a description of a printing process. Each digital photograph produced on an inkjet printer is an original print; some people, however, when they see the term giclee, believe it to be a copy of the original—that is, just like a giclee made from a painting. Be careful when using the term: giclee has a slang meaning in French that causes those who understand the true meaning to snicker when hearing it.
