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aquarelle

aquarelle noun: a watercolour (painting).

Noun

aquarelle (plural aquarelles)

  1. A watercolour (painting)
    • 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
    • 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
  2. A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.

Forms of aquarelle

pluralaquarelles

Origin of aquarelle

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

Words formed from aquarelle

Questions about aquarelle

What does aquarelle mean?
Aquarelle means a watercolour (painting).
What part of speech is aquarelle?
Aquarelle is a noun.
What is the plural of aquarelle?
The plural of aquarelle is aquarelles.

Words near aquarelle in the dictionary

  1. aquaprase
  2. aquapuncture
  3. aquardiente
  4. aquareceptor
  5. aquareceptors
  6. aquarelle
  7. aquarelles
  8. aquarellist
  9. aquarellists
  10. aquareoviral
  11. aquareovirus

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