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pointillism en · NOUN

Etymology

From French pointillisme, from pointiller (“to dot, to mark with points”), from point (“dot, point”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

Forms

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pointillisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pointillist

Hypernyms

divisionism

Synonyms

pointillage

Translations (18)

sv pointillism (painting technique) · mi tā tongitongi (painting technique) · ro pointillism (painting technique) · it puntinismo (painting technique) · el πουαντιλισμός (painting technique) · af pointillisme (painting technique) · fr pointillisme (painting technique) · el πουαντιγισμός (painting technique) · ca puntillisme (painting technique) · nb pointillisme (painting technique) · gl puntillismo (painting technique) · cs pointilismus (painting technique) · nl pointillisme (painting technique) · oc puntilhisme (painting technique) · pt pontilhismo (painting technique) · es puntillismo (painting technique) · nn pointillisme (painting technique) · fi pointillismi (painting technique)