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aquarelle en · NOUN

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella (“watercolour”) (later acquarello and acquerello).

Meanings

1. A watercolour (painting)
   • He wandered about the house, looking into several rooms, and only partially at rest when he discovered Caroline in one, engaged upon some of her aquarelle sketches. 1910, George Meredith, chapter VI, in Celt and Saxon:
   • He looked out between whiles at the pleasant English land, an April aquarelle washed in with wondrous breadth. 1902, Henry James, chapter II, in Flickerbridge:
2. A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.

Forms

Deriveds

aquarellist

Translations (11)

bg акваре́л (painting — see also watercolour) · fr aquarelle (painting — see also watercolour) · fi akvarelli (painting — see also watercolour) · fi vesivärimaalaus (painting — see also watercolour) · pl akwarela (painting — see also watercolour) · de Aquarell (painting — see also watercolour) · pt aquarela (painting — see also watercolour) · fi vesivärityö (painting — see also watercolour) · es acuarela (painting — see also watercolour) · el ακουαρέλα (painting — see also watercolour) · lt akvarelė (painting — see also watercolour)