Watercolour

//ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ//

Synonyms for "watercolour" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

1 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

1 entries

derived from

2 entries

has context

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

131 translations across 55 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • akwarel noun (painting)
  • waterverf noun (pigment)
  • waterverfskilderkuns noun (genre)
  • waterverfskildery noun (painting)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ջրաներկ noun (pigment)
  • ջրանկար noun (painting)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জলরঙ noun (pigment)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • акварелен adj (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor)
  • акварел noun (pigment)
  • акварел noun (painting)
  • акварел noun (genre)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရေဆေး noun (pigment)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aquarel·la noun (pigment)
  • aquarel·la noun (painting)
  • aquarel·la noun (genre)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎹ ᏗᏑᏫᏍᏗ noun (pigment)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 水彩 adj (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor)
  • 水彩 noun (pigment)
  • 水彩 noun (genre)
  • 水彩畫 /水彩画 noun (painting)

Czech

1 entries
  • akvarel noun (painting)

Danish

4 entries
  • akvarel noun (pigment)
  • akvarel noun (painting)
  • akvarel noun (genre)
  • akvarelfarve noun (pigment)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aquarel noun (pigment)
  • aquarel noun (painting)
  • aquarel noun (genre)
  • waterverf noun (pigment)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • akvarelo noun (pigment)
  • akvofarbo noun (pigment)

Estonian

3 entries
  • akvarell noun (pigment)
  • akvarell noun (painting)
  • vesivärv noun (pigment)

Finnish

4 entries
  • vesiväri adj (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor)
  • akvarelli noun (painting)
  • akvarelliväri noun (pigment)
  • vesiväri noun (pigment)

French

3 entries
  • aquarelle noun (pigment)
  • aquarelle noun (painting)
  • aquarelle noun (genre)

Friulian

1 entries
  • acuarel noun (pigment)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აკვარელი noun (pigment)

German

4 entries
  • Aquarell noun (painting)
  • Aquarellbild noun (painting)
  • Wasserfarbe noun (pigment)
  • Wasserfarbenbild noun (painting)

Greek

3 entries
  • νερομπογιά noun (pigment)
  • υδατογραφία noun (painting)
  • υδατογραφία noun (genre)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • જલરંગ noun (pigment)

Hindi

3 entries
  • आबरंग noun (pigment)
  • जलरंग noun (pigment)
  • जलवर्ण noun (pigment)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • akvarell noun (pigment)
  • akvarell noun (painting)
  • akvarell noun (genre)
  • vízfesték noun (pigment)

Ido

2 entries
  • aquafarbo noun (pigment)
  • aquarelo noun (pigment)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • akuarel noun (painting)
  • cat air noun (pigment)

Irish

4 entries
  • dobharlí noun (pigment)
  • dobharlí noun (painting)
  • uiscedhath noun (pigment)
  • uiscedhath noun (painting)

Italian

3 entries
  • acquerello noun (pigment)
  • acquerello noun (painting)
  • acquerello noun (genre)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ウォーターカラー noun (pigment)
  • 水彩 noun (pigment)
  • 水彩画 noun (painting)
  • 水彩絵の具 noun (genre)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ពណ៌ទឹក noun (pigment)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수채 noun (pigment)
  • 수채화 noun (painting)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສີນໍ້າ noun (pigment)

Latvian

1 entries
  • akvarelis noun (pigment)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • acquarèllo noun (pigment)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • akvarelė noun (pigment)

Lombard

1 entries
  • acquarèll noun (pigment)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • акварел noun (pigment)

Malay

1 entries
  • cat air noun (pigment)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जलरंगचित्रण noun (genre)

Māori

1 entries
  • peita waikano noun (painting)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • akvarell noun (painting)
  • vannfarge noun (pigment)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • akvarell noun (painting)
  • vassfarge noun (pigment)

Occitan

1 entries
  • aqüarèla noun (pigment)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Tusch noun (pigment)

Polish

4 entries
  • akwarela noun (pigment)
  • akwarela noun (painting)
  • akwarela noun (genre)
  • farba wodna noun (pigment)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • aquarela noun (pigment)
  • aquarela noun (painting)
  • aquarela noun (genre)

Romanian

2 entries
  • acuarelă noun (pigment)
  • acuarelă noun (painting)

Russian

4 entries
  • акваре́льный adj (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor)
  • акваре́ль noun (pigment)
  • акваре́ль noun (painting)
  • акваре́ль noun (genre)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • dath-uisge noun (genre)
  • dealbh dath-uisge noun (painting)
  • peanta dath-uisge noun (pigment)

Spanish

3 entries
  • acuarela noun (pigment)
  • acuarela noun (painting)
  • acuarela noun (genre)

Swedish

1 entries
  • akvarell noun (painting)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • akwarela noun (pigment)
  • akwarela noun (painting)
  • akwarela noun (genre)

Thai

1 entries
  • สีน้ำ noun (pigment)

Turkish

4 entries
  • akvarel noun (painting)
  • sulu boya noun (pigment)
  • sulu boya noun (painting)
  • sulu boya noun (painting)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • màu nước noun (pigment)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dyfrlliw noun (pigment)
  • peintiad dyfrlliw noun (painting)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • akwarel noun (pigment)
  • akwarel noun (painting)
  • akwarel noun (genre)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A watercolour is a picture painted with water-based paints.

Source: tatoeba (6190895)

I especially love painting in watercolour.

Source: tatoeba (9419256)

I have been studying Japanese aesthetics consciously since my teenage years on Lulu Island, or maybe even before, as a prepubescent somewhat unwittingly in the Philippines. In Quezon City, we kids watched Japanese samurai shows and cartoons. We made Zero fighters and Messerschmidts as cardboard airplanes to hang from the ceiling of our library, where we had collection jars of crab-like spiders with thick exoskeletons. On Lulu Island, I studied autodidactically the basics of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji, the components of the Japanese language, during vacation as a teenager, whilst I did also watercolour painting and sculptures from DAS air-dry clay. I then took Japanese language in university. In my twenties, I actually lived in Japan for some time. Later, for years on my Social Media, I have been observing exquisite Japanese images. And I become a fan of anime. To me, Japanese aesthetics allude to Finnish, Eskimo, and Polynesian artwork. Japanese art can contrast the ancient with the ultramodern.

Source: tatoeba (12312747)

This paper can handle watercolour well.

Source: tatoeba (13022121)

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