Meanings
plural aquarelles
- 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 Flickerbridge1 more example
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 - A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Italianacquarella“watercolour”
- Frenchaquarelle
- Englishaquarelle
Unadapted borrowing from French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella (“watercolour”) (later acquarello and acquerello).
More words from French, Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian акваре́л
- акваре́л (akvarél)painting — see also watercolour
Finnish akvarelli, vesivärimaalaus
- akvarellipainting — see also watercolour
- vesivärimaalauspainting — see also watercolour
- vesivärityöpainting — see also watercolour
French aquarelle
- aquarellepainting — see also watercolour
German Aquarell
- Aquarellpainting — see also watercolour
Greek ακουαρέλα
- ακουαρέλα (akouaréla)painting — see also watercolour
Lithuanian akvarelė
- akvarelėpainting — see also watercolour
Polish akwarela
- akwarelapainting — see also watercolour
Portuguese aquarela
- aquarelapainting — see also watercolour
Spanish acuarela
- acuarelapainting — see also watercolour
Cite this entry
aquarelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquarelle
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