Meanings
plural oil paintings
- countableuncountableA painting done with oil paints.
- uncountableThe art of painting with oil paints.
- UKcountablehumorousuncountableA physically attractive person.
"Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face. "You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!"
1920, Henry St. John Cooper, “Sunny Ducrow”, in Putnam's, page 1171 more example
Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister. George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.
2007 "Virginia Trioli talks to George Brandis and Wayne Swan" Lateline ABC (Australia) 14 September 2007
Translations
Arabic لَوْحَة زَيْتِيَة
- لَوْحَة زَيْتِيَة (lawḥa zayteya)a painting done with oil paints
Chinese Mandarin 油畫 /油画, 油畫 /油画
- 油畫 /油画 (yóuhuà)a painting done with oil paints
- 油畫 /油画 (yóuhuà)art of painting with oil paints
Czech olejomalba
- olejomalbaart of painting with oil paints
Dutch olieverfschilderij
- olieverfschilderija painting done with oil paints
Esperanto oleopentraĵo
- oleopentraĵoa painting done with oil paints
Estonian õlimaal, õlimaal
- õlimaala painting done with oil paints
- õlimaalart of painting with oil paints
Finnish öljyvärimaalaus, öljymaalaus
- öljyvärimaalausa painting done with oil paints
- öljymaalausa painting done with oil paints
- öljyvärimaalausart of painting with oil paints
- öljymaalausart of painting with oil paints
French peinture à l'huile
- peinture à l'huileart of painting with oil paints
German Ölgemälde
- Ölgemäldeart of painting with oil paints
Greek ελαιογραφία
- ελαιογραφία (elaiografía)art of painting with oil paints
Hungarian olajfestmény, olajfestmény
- olajfestménya painting done with oil paints
- olajfestményart of painting with oil paints
Irish péintéireacht ola
- péintéireacht olaart of painting with oil paints
Italian pittura a olio
- pittura a olioa painting done with oil paints
Japanese 油絵, 油絵
- 油絵a painting done with oil paints
- 油絵 (aburae)art of painting with oil paints
Korean 유화
- 유화 (yuhwa)a painting done with oil paints
Norwegian Bokmål oljemaleri, oljemaling
- oljemaleria painting done with oil paints
- oljemalingart of painting with oil paints
Polish obraz olejny, olej
- obraz olejnya painting done with oil paints
- oleja painting done with oil paints
Portuguese pintura a óleo, óleo
- pintura a óleoa painting done with oil paints
- óleoa painting done with oil paints
- pintura a óleoart of painting with oil paints
Romanian pictură în ulei, tablou în ulei
- pictură în uleia painting done with oil paints
- tablou în uleia painting done with oil paints
Russian жи́вопись ма́сляными кра́сками, карти́на ма́слом
- жи́вопись ма́сляными кра́сками (žívopisʹ másljanymi kráskami)art of painting with oil paints
- карти́на ма́слом (kartína máslom)art of painting with oil paints
Swedish oljemålning, oljemåleri
- oljemålninga painting done with oil paints
- oljemåleriart of painting with oil paints
Turkish yağlı boya
- yağlı boyaart of painting with oil paints
Vietnamese tranh sơn dầu
- tranh sơn dầua painting done with oil paints
Cite this entry
oil painting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20painting
“oil painting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20painting. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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