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watercolours

watercolours is the plural of watercolour.

watercolours is the third-person singular simple present indicative of watercolour.

Meaning of watercolour

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

  1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment or paint.
    • Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.
  2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.
    • Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.
    Synonyms:
    aquarelle
  3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.
    • I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

See all 5 meanings of watercolour

Questions about watercolours

What is watercolours the plural of?
Watercolours is the plural of watercolour.

Words near watercolours in the dictionary

  1. watercoloured
  2. watercolouring
  3. watercolourings
  4. watercolourist
  5. watercolourists
  6. watercolours
  7. watercool
  8. watercooler
  9. watercooler chat
  10. watercooler effect
  11. watercooler effects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watercolours (page history and authors); watercolour (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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