watercolour

English

Watercolour (2) by J. M. W. Turner, Der Vierwaldstätter See (1802)

Alternative forms

• watercolor (mostly US)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/

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Etymology

water +‎ colour

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment.

   Jim's aunt only uses watercolours to paint her pictures.

2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

   Synonym: aquarelle

   Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.

3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

   I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

Derived terms

• watercolourist

Translations

pigment

• Afrikaans: waterverf
• Armenian: ջրաներկ (hy) (ǰranerk)
• Bengali: জলরঙ (jôlrôṅ)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: ရေဆေး (my) (rehce:)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: akvarel c, akvarelfarve c, vandfarve c
• Dutch: waterverf (nl) f, aquarel (nl)
• Emilian: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: akvarelo
• Estonian: vesivärv, akvarell
• Finnish: vesiväri (fi), akvarelliväri
• French: aquarelle (fr) f
• Friulian: acuarel m
• Georgian: აკვარელი (aḳvareli)
• German: Wasserfarbe (de) f
• Greek: νερομπογιά (el) f (nerompogiá)
• Gujarati: જલરંગ (jalraṅg)
• Hindi: जलवर्ण m (jalvarṇ), जलरंग m (jalraṅg), आबरंग m (ābraṅg)
• Hungarian: vízfesték (hu), akvarell (hu)
• Ido: aquarelo (io), aquafarbo
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: acquerello (it) m
• Japanese: 水彩 (すいさい, suisai), ウォーターカラー (wōtā karā)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: 수채 (ko) (suchae)
• Lao: ສີນໍ້າ (sī nam)
• Latvian: akvarelis
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: akvarelė f
• Lombard: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: акварел m (akvarel)
• Malay: cat air
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannfarge m

  Nynorsk: vassfarge m or f

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Plautdietsch: Tusch f
• Polish: akwarela (pl) f, farba wodna f
• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: acuarelă (ro) f
• Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: peanta dath-uisge m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: acuarela (es) f
• Tagalog: akwarela
• Thai: สีน้ำ (sǐi-náam)
• Turkish: suluboya
• Vietnamese: màu nước (vi)
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can
• West Frisian: akwarel

painting

• Afrikaans: waterverfskildery, akwarel
• Armenian: ջրանկար (hy) (ǰrankar)
• Catalan: aquarel·la (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩畫 (zh), 水彩画 (zh) (shuǐcǎihuà)

• Czech: akvarel (cs) m
• Danish: akvarel c
• Dutch: aquarel (nl)
• Estonian: akvarell
• Finnish: vesivärimaalaus (fi), akvarelli (fi)
• French: aquarelle (fr) f
• German: Aquarell (de) n, Aquarellbild (de) n, Wasserfarbenbild (de) n
• Greek: υδατογραφία (el) f (ydatografía)
• Hungarian: akvarell (hu)
• Italian: acquerello (it) m

• Japanese: 水彩画 (すいさいが, suisaiga)
• Korean: 수채화 (ko) (suchaehwa)
• Maori: peita waikano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akvarell (no) m

  Nynorsk: akvarell m

• Polish: akwarela (pl) f
• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
• Romanian: acuarelă (ro) f
• Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbh dath-uisge f
• Spanish: acuarela (es) f
• Swedish: akvarell (sv)
• Tagalog: akwarela
• Welsh: dyfrliw m
• West Frisian: akwarel

genre

• Afrikaans: waterverfskilderkuns
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)

• Danish: akvarel c
• Dutch: aquarel (nl)
• Finnish: vesivärimaalaus (fi)
• French: aquarelle (fr) f
• German: Wasserfarbenmalerei f
• Greek: υδατογραφία (el) f (ydatografía)
• Hungarian: akvarell (hu), vízfestés (hu)

• Italian: acquerello (it) m
• Japanese: 水彩絵の具 (suisai enogu)
• Marathi: जलरंगचित्रण m (jalarangachitran)
• Polish: akwarela (pl) f
• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
• Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dath-uisge m
• Spanish: acuarela (es) f
• Tagalog: akwarela
• West Frisian: akwarel

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

Translations

pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (watercolor)

• Finnish: vesiväri- (fi)
• Russian: акваре́льный (ru) (akvarélʹnyj)

Verb

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

1. To paint using watercolour

Further reading

• watercolor painting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia