watercolour

English

Alternative forms

• watercolor (mostly US)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.tɜ.ˌkʌ.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.

   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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)

• Danish: akvarel c, akvarelfarve c, vandfarve c
• Dutch: waterverf (nl) f, aquarel (nl)
• Esperanto: akvarelo
• Finnish: vesiväri (fi), akvarelliväri
• French: aquarelle (fr) f
• German: Wasserfarbe (de) f
• Greek: νερομπογιά (el) f (nerompogiá)
• Gujarati: જલરંગ (jalraṅg)
• Hungarian: vízfesték (hu), akvarell (hu)
• Ido: aquarelo (io), aquafarbo
• Italian: acquerello (it) m

• Japanese: ウォーターカラー (wōtā karā)
• Lithuanian: akvarelė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannfarge m

  Nynorsk: vassfarge m or f

• Polish: akwarela (pl) f, farba wodna f
• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
• Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: peanta dath-uisge m
• Spanish: acuarela (es) f
• Tagalog: tinutubigang pangulay, akwarela
• Thai: สีน้ำ (sǐi-náam)
• Turkish: suluboya
• West Frisian: akwarel

painting

• Catalan: aquarel·la
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: akvarel (cs) m
• Danish: akvarel c
• Dutch: aquarel (nl)
• Finnish: vesivärimaalaus (fi), akvarelli (fi)
• French: aquarelle (fr) f
• German: Aquarell (de) n, Wasserfarbe (de) f
• Greek: υδατογραφία (el) f (ydatografía)
• Hungarian: akvarell (hu)
• Italian: acquerello (it) m
• Japanese: 水彩画 (すいさいが, suisaiga)

• Maori: peita waikano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akvarell (no) m

  Nynorsk: akvarell m

• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水彩 (zh) (shuǐcǎi)

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

• Italian: acquerello (it) m
• Japanese: 水彩絵の具 (suisai enogu)
• Portuguese: aquarela (pt) f
• Russian: акваре́ль (ru) f (akvarélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dath-uisge m
• Spanish: acuarela (es) f
• 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