paintbrush

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/ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/

noun

A thin brush for applying paint.

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Meanings

nounpaintbrush (plural paintbrushes)

plural paintbrushes

  1. A thin brush for applying paint.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
indian paintbrush

Origin

From paint + brush.

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Translations

Arabic فُرْشَاة الطِلَاء
  • فُرْشَاة الطِلَاءthin brush
Bulgarian че́тка
  • че́тка (čétka)thin brush
Catalan pinzell
  • pinzellthin brush
Chinese Mandarin 畫筆 /画笔, 油漆刷
  • 畫筆 /画笔 (huàbǐ)thin brush
  • 油漆刷 (yóuqīshuā)thin brush
Czech malířský štětec, štětec
  • malířský štětecthin brush
  • štětecthin brush
Danish pensel, malerpensel
  • penselthin brush
  • malerpenselthin brush
Dutch penseel
  • penseelthin brush
Esperanto peniko
  • penikothin brush
Finnish sivellin
  • sivellinthin brush
French pinceau
  • pinceauthin brush
German Pinsel, Farbpinsel
  • Pinselthin brush
  • Farbpinselthin brush
  • Malerpinselthin brush
Greek πινέλο
  • πινέλο (pinélo)thin brush
Hebrew מִכְחוֹל, מִבְרֶשֶׁת
  • מִכְחוֹל (mikh'khól)thin brush
  • מִבְרֶשֶׁת (mivréshet)thin brush
Hindi तूलिका
  • तूलिका (tūlikā)thin brush
Hungarian ecset
  • ecsetthin brush
Icelandic pensill
  • pensillthin brush
Irish scuab phéinteála, cleiteán
  • scuab phéinteálathin brush
  • cleiteánthin brush
Italian pennello
  • pennellothin brush
Japanese 絵筆, 筆
  • 絵筆 (efude)thin brush
  • 筆 (fude)thin brush
Korean 화필, 붓
  • 화필 (hwapil)thin brush
  • 붓 (but)thin brush
Latin pēnicillum
  • pēnicillumthin brush
Latvian ota, sarene
  • otathin brush
  • sarenethin brush
Norwegian Bokmål pensel
  • penselthin brush
Polish pędzel, pędzelek
  • pędzelthin brush
  • pędzelekthin brush
Portuguese pincel
  • pincelthin brush
Romanian pensulă
  • pensulăthin brush
Russian кисть, ки́сточка
  • кисть (kistʹ)thin brush
  • ки́сточка (kístočka)thin brush
Slovak štetec
  • štetecthin brush
Spanish pincel
  • pincelthin brush
Swedish pensel, målarpensel
  • penselthin brush
  • målarpenselthin brush
Tagalog pinsel, brotsa
  • pinselthin brush
  • brotsathin brush
Tamil தூரிகை
  • தூரிகை (tūrikai)thin brush
Thai พู่กัน
  • พู่กัน (pûu-gan)thin brush
Turkish boya fırçası
  • boya fırçasıthin brush
Ukrainian пе́нзель, пе́нзлик
  • пе́нзель (pénzelʹ)thin brush
  • пе́нзлик (pénzlyk)thin brush
  • щі́точка (ščítočka)thin brush
Yiddish פּענדזל
  • פּענדזל (pendzl)thin brush
Cite this entry
APA

paintbrush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paintbrush

MLA

“paintbrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paintbrush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paintbrush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paintbrush.

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