oil painting en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A painting done with oil paints.
- (uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints.
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(UK, countable, humorous, in the negative, uncountable) A physically attractive person.
Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister. George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.
2007 "Virginia Trioli talks to George Brandis and Wayne Swan" Lateline ABC (Australia) 14 September 2007"Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face. "You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!"
1920, Henry St. John Cooper, “Sunny Ducrow”, in Putnam's, page 117:
Forms
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| oil paintings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (41)
myv оярт (a painting done with oil paints) · pt pintura a óleo (a painting done with oil paints) · pl obraz olejny (a painting done with oil paints) · et õlimaal (art of painting with oil paints) · ru жи́вопись ма́сляными кра́сками (art of painting with oil paints) · sa तैलचित्र (a painting done with oil paints) · et õlimaal (a painting done with oil paints) · sv oljemålning (a painting done with oil paints) · ro pictură în ulei (a painting done with oil paints) · nb oljemaling (art of painting with oil paints) · de Ölgemälde (art of painting with oil paints) · fr peinture à l'huile (art of painting with oil paints) · el ελαιογραφία (art of painting with oil paints) · tr yağlı boya (art of painting with oil paints) · pt óleo (a painting done with oil paints) · ar لَوْحَة زَيْتِيَة (a painting done with oil paints) · nl olieverfschilderij (a painting done with oil paints) · ko 유화 (a painting done with oil paints) · fi öljymaalaus (a painting done with oil paints) · ru карти́на ма́слом (art of painting with oil paints) · cs olejomalba (art of painting with oil paints) · pl olej (a painting done with oil paints) · cmn 油畫 /油画 (art of painting with oil paints) · ja 油絵 (a painting done with oil paints) · hu olajfestmény (art of painting with oil paints) · pt pintura a óleo (art of painting with oil paints) · eo oleopentraĵo (a painting done with oil paints) · ga péintéireacht ola (art of painting with oil paints) · fi öljymaalaus (art of painting with oil paints) · ro tablou în ulei (a painting done with oil paints) · fi öljyvärimaalaus (art of painting with oil paints) · ja 油絵 (art of painting with oil paints) · vi tranh sơn dầu (a painting done with oil paints) · fi öljyvärimaalaus (a painting done with oil paints) · cmn 油畫 /油画 (a painting done with oil paints) · pdt Eeljbilt (a painting done with oil paints) · sv oljemåleri (art of painting with oil paints) · it pittura a olio (a painting done with oil paints) · hu olajfestmény (a painting done with oil paints) · br eoullivadur (a painting done with oil paints) · nb oljemaleri (a painting done with oil paints)