Meaning

2 senses

  1. (uncountable)The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.

    Höhlenmalerei

  2. (uncountable)The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.

    Höhlenmalerei

    пещерная живописьpeščernaja živopisʹ

    печерний живописpečernyj žyvopys

Examples

1 sentences

  1. These cave paintings are beautiful.

    deDas sind schöne Höhlenmalereien. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type:
Русский
By meaning 1
paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times:

Forms

plural: cave paintings

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

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