watercolour

English

Alternative forms

watercolor (mostly US)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.tɜ.ˌkʌ.lɜ/
Audio (UK) (file)

Etymology

water +‎ colour

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

(countable) A water-soluble pigment.
Jim's aunt only uses watercolours to paint her pictures.
(countable) A painting made by using such pigment.
Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.
(uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.
I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

Derived terms

watercolourist

Translations

pigment

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)
Danish: akvarel c, akvarelfarve c, vandfarve c
Dutch: waterverf (nl) f, aquarel (nl)
Esperanto: akvarelo
Finnish: vesiväri (fi), akvarelliväri
French: aquarelle (fr) f
German: Wasserfarbe (de) f
Greek: νερομπογιά (el) f (nerompogiá)
Gujarati: જલરંગ (jalraṅg)
Hungarian: vízfesték (hu), akvarell (hu)
Italian: acquerello (it) m
Japanese: ウォーターカラー (wōtā karā)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: vannfarge m

Nynorsk: vassfarge m, f
Polish: akwarela (pl) f, farba wodna f
Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: peanta dath-uisge m
Spanish: acuarela (es) f
Tagalog: tinutubigang pangulay, akwarela
Thai: สีน้ำ (sǐi-náam)
Turkish: suluboya
West Frisian: akwarel

painting

Catalan: aquarel·la
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水彩畫 (zh), 水彩画 (zh) (shuǐcǎihuà)
Czech: akvarel (cs) m
Danish: akvarel c
Dutch: aquarel (nl)
Finnish: vesivärimaalaus (fi), akvarelli (fi)
French: aquarelle (fr) f
German: Aquarell (de) n, Wasserfarbe (de) f
Greek: υδατογραφία (el) f (ydatografía)
Hungarian: akvarell (hu)
Italian: acquerello (it) m
Japanese: 水彩画 (すいさいが, suisaiga)

Maori: peita waikano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: akvarell (no) m

Nynorsk: akvarell m
Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: dealbh dath-uisge f
Spanish: acuarela (es) f
Swedish: akvarell (sv)
Tagalog: akwarela
Welsh: dyfrliw m
West Frisian: akwarel

genre

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)
Danish: akvarel c
Dutch: aquarel (nl)
Finnish: vesivärimaalaus (fi)
French: aquarelle (fr) f
Greek: υδατογραφία (el) f (ydatografía)
Hungarian: akvarell (hu), vízfestés (hu)

Italian: acquerello (it) m
Japanese: 水彩絵の具 (suisai enogu)
Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: dath-uisge m
Spanish: acuarela (es) f
West Frisian: akwarel

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

Translations

pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (watercolor)

Finnish: vesiväri- (fi)
Russian: акваре́льный (ru) (akvarélʹnyj)

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