English Explanatory Dictionary

watercolour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A water-soluble pigment or paint.
A painting made by using such pigment.
This kind of painting as a genre.

adj

Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

verb

To paint using watercolour

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/ en-uk-watercolour.ogg

Word forms

watercolour watercolours watercolor watercolouring watercoloured

Etymology

From water + colour.

Synonyms

aquarelle

Related words

aquatone

Derived words

watercolourist

Translations

Afrikaans: waterverf Afrikaans: waterverfskildery Afrikaans: akwarel Armenian: ջրաներկ Armenian: ջրանկար Bengali: জলরঙ Bulgarian: акварел Burmese: ရေဆေး Catalan: aquarel·la Cherokee: ᎠᎹ ᏗᏑᏫᏍᏗ Chinese Mandarin: 水彩 Chinese Mandarin: 水彩畫 /水彩画 Danish: akvarel Danish: akvarelfarve Danish: vandfarve Dutch: waterverf Dutch: aquarel Esperanto: akvarelo Esperanto: akvofarbo Estonian: vesivärv Estonian: akvarell Finnish: vesiväri Finnish: akvarelliväri Finnish: vesivärimaalaus Finnish: akvarelli French: aquarelle West-Frisian: akwarel Friulian: acuarel Georgian: აკვარელი German: Wasserfarbe German: Aquarell German: Aquarellbild German: Wasserfarbenbild Greek: νερομπογιά Greek: υδατογραφία Gujarati: જલરંગ Hindi: जलवर्ण Hindi: जलरंग Hindi: आबरंग Hungarian: vízfesték Hungarian: akvarell Ido: aquarelo Ido: aquafarbo Indonesian: cat air Indonesian: akuarel Irish: dobharlí Irish: uiscedhath Italian: acquerello Japanese: 水彩 Japanese: ウォーターカラー Japanese: 水彩画 Khmer: ពណ៌ទឹក Korean: 수채 Korean: 수채화 Lao: ສີນໍ້າ Latvian: akvarelis Ligurian: acquarèllo Lithuanian: akvarelė Lombard: acquarèll Macedonian: акварел Malay: cat air Norwegian Bokmål: vannfarge Norwegian Bokmål: akvarell Norwegian Nynorsk: vassfarge Norwegian Nynorsk: akvarell Occitan: aqüarèla Plautdietsch: Tusch

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