watercolour
A water-soluble pigment or paintA water-soluble pigment or paint.
» He prefers to paint in watercolours.
Er malt am liebsten mit Aquarellfarben.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A water-soluble pigment or paint.
Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.
water-soluble pigment
(countable)A painting made by using such pigment.
Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.
Wasserfarbe, Aquarell, Aquarellbild
акваре́льakvarélʹ, акваре́льakvarélʹ
акваре́льakvarélʹ, акваре́льakvarélʹ
(uncountable)This kind of painting as a genre.
I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.
Wasserfarbenmalerei
акваре́льakvarélʹ
акваре́льakvarélʹ
a painting produced with watercolors
Examples
21 sentencesHe prefers to paint in watercolours.
deEr malt am liebsten mit Aquarellfarben.
I especially love painting in watercolour.
deBesonders gerne male ich mit Wasserfarben.
This paper can handle watercolour well.
ruНа эту бумагу хорошо ложится акварель.
These watercolours are very high quality.
deDiese Wasserfarben sind von sehr hoher Qualität.
These watercolours are of very high quality.
deDiese Wasserfarben sind von sehr hoher Qualität.
Translations
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Origin
From water + colour.From water + colour.
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Forms
plural: watercoloursSynonyms
4 synonyms- the art or technique of painting with watercolors:watercolorwater-colorwater-colour
- a painting produced with watercolors:watercolorwater-colorwater-colour
- a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists:watercolorwater-colorwater-colour
- water-soluble pigment:watercolorwater-colorwater-colour
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable