aquatint
/ˈækwətɪnt/
aquatint noun: a form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
Noun
aquatint (plural aquatints)
- A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
- Aquatint is a laborious process that involves acids and resistants and emphasizes tone over line.2023, Justin Torres, Blackouts, Granta Books (2024), page 287
- An etching or print made using this method.
- Been thinking of my grandfather, whose wayward brilliance skipped my father’s generation. Once, he showed me an aquatint of a certain Siamese temple.2004, David Mitchell, “Letters From Zedelghem”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 81
Verb
aquatint (third-person singular simple present aquatints, present participle aquatinting, simple past and past participle aquatinted)
- To make such etchings.
aquatint meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
aquatint in Tamil
- நீர்ம அரிபொறிப்பு, காடிச் செதுக்குமுறை
aquatint in Indonesian
- form of etching with acid on a plate
- cetak akua
- etching or print
- cetak akua
Forms of aquatint
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aquatints |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | aquatints |
| present participle | aquatinting |
| past participle | aquatinted |
| past | aquatinted |
Origin of aquatint
Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”).
Words formed from aquatint
Questions about aquatint
- What does aquatint mean?
- Aquatint means a form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
- What is aquatint in Tamil?
- Aquatint in Tamil is நீர்ம அரிபொறிப்பு, காடிச் செதுக்குமுறை. See Aquatint meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aquatint?
- Aquatint can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce aquatint?
- Aquatint is pronounced /ˈækwətɪnt/.
- What is the plural of aquatint?
- The plural of aquatint is aquatints.
Words near aquatint in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aquatint (page history and authors); aquatint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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