watercolour
A water-soluble pigment or paintA water-soluble pigment or paint.
» He prefers to paint in watercolours.
Er malt am liebsten mit Aquarellfarben. — Melang
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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. — Melang
I especially love painting in watercolour.
deBesonders gerne male ich mit Wasserfarben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This paper can handle watercolour well.
ruНа эту бумагу хорошо ложится акварель. — Wezel
These watercolours are very high quality.
deDiese Wasserfarben sind von sehr hoher Qualität. — Naina
These watercolours are of very high quality.
deDiese Wasserfarben sind von sehr hoher Qualität. — Naina
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