peinture
See also: peinturé
French
Etymology
From Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, alteration of the classical Latin pictūra, from pictus, under the influence of the present stem pingō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.tyʁ/
Audio (France): (file) - Homophones: peintures, peinturent
Noun
peinture f (plural peintures)
- painting
- La peinture de genre.
- painting, canvas
- Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais.
- vivid description
- Cet auteur excelle dans la peinture des caractères, des passions, des mœurs, des faiblesses du cœur humain.
- paint
- la peinture en est toute fraîche.
- Qu'est-ce qui sent comme la peinture verte, coule comme la peinture violette et se fond sur une camionnette blanche ?
Synonyms
- (art) troisième art
- (canvas) tableau, toile
- (paint) couleur
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
peinture
- inflection of peinturer:
Further reading
- “peinture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, from Latin pictūra.
Noun
peinture oblique singular, f (oblique plural peintures, nominative singular peinture, nominative plural peintures)
Synonyms
Descendants
- French: peinture
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