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watercolour

(wɔːtəʳkʌləʳ)
Word forms: plural watercoloursregional note: in AM, use watercolor
1. variable noun
Watercolours are coloured paints, used for painting pictures, which you apply with a wet brush or dissolve in water first.
...a collection of rich paintings in watercolour, acrylic and oil.
2. countable noun
A watercolour is a picture which has been painted with watercolours.
...a lovely watercolour by J. M. W. Turner.

watercolour in British English

or US watercolor (ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə)
noun
1. (usually plural)
a.  Also called: pure watercolour
water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones
b. 
any water-soluble pigment, including opaque kinds such as gouache and tempera
2. 
a. 
a painting done in watercolours
b. 
(as modifier)
a watercolour masterpiece
3. 
the art or technique of painting with such pigments
Derived forms
watercolourist (ˈwaterˌcolourist) or US watercolorist (ˈwaterˌcolorist)
noun

Examples of 'watercolour' in a sentence
watercolour

The only picture was a watercolour, framed, and hanging in the room downstairs.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
Once, a lost watercolour by Richard Dadd had been produced, valued at £100,000 and later sold to the British Museum.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA
And then, slowly, the pink light of dawn began to spread out over Nicaragua like watercolour paint spilled over a white page.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES

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watercolour

British English: watercolour /ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə/ NOUN
Watercolours are coloured paints, used for painting pictures, which you apply with a wet brush or dissolve in water first.
  • American English: watercolor
  • Arabic: لَوْنٌ مَائِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aquarela
  • Chinese: 水彩画 painting
  • Croatian: vodene bojice
  • Czech: vodová barva
  • Danish: vandfarve
  • Dutch: aquarel
  • European Spanish: acuarela
  • Finnish: vesiväri
  • French: aquarelle
  • German: Wasserfarbe
  • Greek: νερομπογιά
  • Italian: acquarello
  • Japanese: 水彩絵の具
  • Korean: 수채화
  • Norwegian: vannfarge
  • Polish: akwarela
  • European Portuguese: aguarela
  • Romanian: acuarelă
  • Russian: акварель
  • Latin American Spanish: acuarela
  • Swedish: akvarell
  • Thai: สีน้ำ
  • Turkish: suluboya
  • Ukrainian: акварель
  • Vietnamese: tranh vẽ bằng màu nước

Chinese translation of 'watercolour'

watercolour

or (US) watercolor
(ˈwɔːtəkʌləʳ)

n (c)

  1. (= painting) 水彩画(畫) (shuǐcǎihuà)

Derived Forms

watercolours n pl (= paints) 水彩颜(顏)料 (shuǐcǎi yánliào)
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