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Plural of painting

regular plural

The plural of painting is paintings.

Forms of painting

Singularpainting /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/
Pluralpaintings /ˈpeɪntɪŋz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Paintings in a sentence

  • The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
  • With five large-scale paintings in his new solo exhibition, “Dusky Rainy Sunny,” the Colombia- born artist Juan Eduardo Gómez examines the relationship between the human form and landscapes.2024 January 8, Yinka Elujoba and Jillian Steinhauer, “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August”, in The New York Times
  • The son's clumsy paintings are a pale imitation of his father's.From the entry pale
  • The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?From the entry bare
  • A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters.From the entry adorn

Meaning of painting

  1. noun An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
  2. noun The action of applying paint to a surface.
  3. noun The same activity as an art form.

Full definition of painting

Questions about the plural of painting

What is the plural of painting?
The plural of painting is paintings.
Is painting countable?
Painting is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: painting (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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