painting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ

Verb

painting

1. present participle of paint

Noun

painting (countable and uncountable, plural paintings)

1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

   The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.

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2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.

   The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.

3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

   Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.

Synonyms

The same activity as an art form

• third art

Derived terms

• oil painting

Related terms

• painter

Translations

an illustration or artwork using paint

• Albanian: piktura f
• Arabic: لَوْحَة f (lawḥa), صُورَة (ar) f (ṣūra), لَوْحَة فَنِّيَّة f (lawḥa fanniyya)
• Armenian: գեղանկարչություն (hy) (geġankarčʻutʻyun)
• Breton: livadur (br)
• Bulgarian: картина (bg) f (kartina)
• Catalan: quadre (ca) m, pintura (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: obraz (cs) m
• Danish: maleri (da) n
• Dutch: schilderij (nl) n or f, schilderwerk (nl) n
• Esperanto: pentraĵo
• Estonian: maal (et)
• Finnish: maalaus (fi)
• French: peinture (fr), toile (fr) f
• Galician: cadro (gl) m
• Georgian: ნახატი (naxaṭi), სურათი (surati)
• German: Gemälde (de) n
• Greek: ζωγραφιά (el) f (zografiá)

  Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía)

• Hungarian: festmény (hu)
• Icelandic: málverk (is) n
• Ido: pikturo (io)
• Irish: pictiúr m
• Italian: dipinto (it) m, pittura (it) f, quadro (it) m
• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga), 絵 (ja) (え, e)
• Khmer: គំនូរ (km) (kumnuu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latin: pictūra (la)
• Latvian: glezna f
• Lithuanian: tapybos kūrinys m, tapyba f
• Macedonian: слика f (slika)
• Maori: peitatanga, waituhi
• Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maleri (no) n, bilde (no) n

  Nynorsk: måleri n

• Old English: mēting f
• Pashto: انځور (ps) m (anźor)
• Polish: obraz (pl) m, malowidło (pl) n
• Portuguese: pintura (pt)
• Romanian: pictură (ro) f
• Russian: карти́на (ru) f (kartína)
• Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbh m or f
• Slovak: obraz m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wobraz m

• Spanish: cuadro (es) m, pintura (es)
• Swedish: målning (sv) c
• Tamil: ஓவியம் (ta) (ōviyam)
• Thai: จิตรกรรม (jìt-dtrà-gam)
• Uyghur: رەسىم (resim)
• Vietnamese: bức tranh (vi), bức vẽ
• Volapük: pänot (vo)
• Welsh: darlun (cy)

the action of applying paint

• Arabic: طِلَاء m (ṭilāʔ), دِهَان m (dihān)
• Bulgarian: живопис m (živopis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繪畫／绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 油漆 (zh) (yóuqī)

• Danish: malerkunst c
• Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, geschilder n
• Estonian: maalimine
• Finnish: maalaustaide (fi)
• French: peinture (fr)
• Galician: pintado (gl) m
• German: Malerei (de) f
• Greek: ζωγραφική (el) f (zografikí)

  Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía)

• Italian: verniciatura (it) f, pittura (it) f
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• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga)
• Macedonian: бојадисување n (bojadisuvanje), боење n (boenje), фарбање n (farbanje)
• Maori: peitatanga
• Ngarrindjeri: blewalawun
• Norwegian: maleri (no)
• Polish: malowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: pintura (pt) f
• Romanian: pictare (ro) f
• Russian: жи́вопись (ru) f (žívopisʹ)
• Spanish: pintado (es) m
• Swedish: måleri (sv) n, målning (sv) c
• Volapük: kölam (vo)

artistic application of paint

• Arabic: رَسْم فَنِّيّ m (rasm fanniyy), فَنّ تَصْوِير زَيْتِيّ m (fann taṣwīr zaytiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繪畫／绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 油漆 (zh) (yóuqī)

• Czech: malba f
• Danish: malerkunst c
• Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, schilderkunst (nl)
• Esperanto: pentrado
• Estonian: maalimine
• Finnish: maalaustaide (fi)
• Georgian: ფერწერა (perc̣era), მხატვრობა (mxaṭvroba)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía)

• Italian: dipinto (it) m
• Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga)
• Latin: pictūra (la)
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• Macedonian: слика́рство n (slikárstvo), живопис (mk) m (živopis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: malerkunst m

  Nynorsk: målarkunst m

• Polish: malarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pintura (pt) f
• Romanian: pictură (ro) f
• Russian: жи́вопись (ru) f (žívopisʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сликарство n, живопис m

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

• Spanish: pintura (es) f
• Swedish: måleri (sv)
• Ukrainian: живо́пис m (žyvópys), маля́рство n (maljárstvo)
• Volapük: pänam

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• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} nutata
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• (deprecated template usage) French: art pictural

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