velatura

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

velatura (countable and uncountable, plural velaturas or velature)

1. (art) A translucent whitish glaze in painting.

Anagrams

• lavature

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.laˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ve‧la‧tù‧ra

Noun

velatura f (plural velature)

1. covering, veiling
2. a filmy layer
3. opacity (of wine)
4. the sails of a ship considered as a whole
5. the wings etc. of an aircraft considered as a whole

Descendants

• → English: velatura

Anagrams

• lavature, levatura, urlavate, valutare, valuterà

Latin

Participle

vēlātūra

1. inflection of vēlātūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

vēlātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of vēlātūrus

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian velatura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ.laˈtuː.ra/

Noun

velatura f (plural velaturi)

1. veiling
2. haze

Related terms

• velari
• velarju
• velu
• velumeral
• vvela

 

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈtu.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɐˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.lɐˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ve‧la‧tu‧ra

Noun

velatura f (plural velaturas)

1. Alternative form of veladura