sfumato

English

Etymology

From Italian sfumato (“shaded, toned down”).

Noun

sfumato (usually uncountable, plural sfumatos)

1. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects. [from 1909]

Translations

painting technique

• Finnish: sfumato (fi)

See also

• sfumatura
• atmospheric perspective

French

Noun

sfumato m (plural sfumatos)

1. (art) sfumato

Further reading

• “sfumato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sfuˈma.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: sfu‧mà‧to

Participle

sfumato (feminine sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. past participle of sfumare

Adjective

sfumato (feminine sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. shaded
2. hazy
3. disappeared

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sfumato.

Noun

sfumato n (uncountable)

1. sfumato

Declension

declension of sfumato (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sfumato	sfumatoul
genitive/dative	(unui) sfumato	sfumatoului
vocative	sfumatoule