painting

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ

Verb

painting

1. Present participle of paint.

Noun

painting (plural paintings)

1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
   • The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 8, The Younger Set^[1]:

     “ My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “ incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : “ I prefer a farandole to a nocturne ; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; … ”

2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
   • Artistic painting often takes longer then utilitarian house - etc. painting.
3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
   • Some artists excel in both painting and sculpture, like Michelangelo.

Synonyms

The same activity as an art form

• third art

Derived terms

• oil painting

Related terms

• painter

Translations

an illustration or artwork using paint

• Arabic: لوحة (ar) (láwHa) f, صورة (ar) (Suura) f, لوحة فنية (ar) (láwHa fanníyya) f
• Catalan: quadre (ca) m, pintura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖畫 (cmn), 图画 (cmn) (túhuà), 畫幅 (cmn), 画幅 (cmn) (huàfú), 畫兒 (cmn), 画儿 (cmn) (huàr)

• Czech: obraz (cs) m
• Dutch: schilderij (nl) n and f, schilderwerk n
• Esperanto: pentraĵo (eo)
• Estonian: maal (et)
• Finnish: maalaus (fi)
• French: peinture (fr)
• Galician: cadro (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gemälde (de) n
• Hungarian: festmény (hu)
• Icelandic: málverk (is) n
• Ido: pikturo (io)
• Irish: pictiúr (ga) m
• Italian: dipinto (it) m, pittura (it) f, quadro (it) m

• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga), 絵 (ja) (え, e)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: وێنه (ku) (waena)

• Latin: pictura (la)
• Macedonian: слика (mk) (slíka) f
• Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
• Polish: obraz (pl) m
• Portuguese: pintura (pt)
• Romanian: pictură (ro) f
• Russian: картина (ru) (kartína) f
• Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbh m and f
• Slovak: obraz (sk) m
• Spanish: cuadro (es) m, pintura (es)
• Swedish: målning (sv) c
• Tamil: ஓவியம் (ta) (ōviyam)
• Uyghur: رەسىم (ug) (resim)
• Vietnamese: bức tranh (vi)
• Volapük: pänot (vo)
• Welsh: darlun

the action of applying paint

• Arabic: طلاء (ar) (Tilaa') m, دهان (ar) (dihaan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繪畫 (cmn), 绘画 (cmn) (huìhuà), 油漆 (cmn) (yóuqī)

• Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, geschilder (nl) n
• Estonian: maalimine (et)
• French: peinture (fr)
• Galician: pintado (gl) m
• German: Malerei (de) f
• Italian: verniciatura (it) f, pittura (it) f
• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga)

• Macedonian: бојадисување (mk) (bojadisúvanje) n, боење (mk) (bóenje) n, фарбање (mk) (fárbanje) n
• Ngarrindjeri: blewalawun
• Polish: malowanie (pl) n
• Romanian: pictare (ro) f
• Russian: живопись (ru) (žívopis') f
• Spanish: pintado (es) m
• Swedish: måleri (sv) n, målning (sv) c
• Volapük: kölam (vo)

artistic application of paint

• Arabic: رسم فني (ar) (rásam fánniy) m, فن تصوير زيتي (ar) (fann taSwiir zaytiy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繪畫 (cmn), 绘画 (cmn) (huìhuà), 油漆 (cmn) (yóuqī)

• Czech: malba (cs) f
• Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, schilderkunst (nl)
• Esperanto: pentrado (eo)
• Estonian: maalimine (et)
• Italian: dipinto (it) m
• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga)
• Latin: pictura (la)

• Macedonian: сликарство (mk) (slikárstvo) n, живопис (mk) (žívopis) m
• Polish: malarstwo (pl) n
• Romanian: pictură (ro) f
• Russian: живопись (ru) (žívopis') f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сликарство (sh) n, живопис (sh) m

  Roman: slikarstvo (sh) n, živopis (sh) m

• Swedish: måleri (sv)
• Volapük: pänam (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Ewe: nutata
• French: art pictural

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