Meanings
nounwatercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)
plural watercolours · alternative US watercolor
- uncountableThis kind of painting as a genre.
I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.
adjectivewatercolour (not comparable)
alternative US watercolor
- not comparablePertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.
verbwatercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)
present singular third person watercolours · participle present watercolouring · participle past watercoloured · past watercoloured · alternative US watercolor
- intransitivetransitiveTo paint using watercolours.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA painting made by using such pigment.
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nouna water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
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water-base paint
nouna painting produced with watercolors
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nounthe art or technique of painting with watercolors
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans waterverfskilderkuns, waterverf
- waterverfskilderkunsgenre
- waterverfpigment
- waterverfskilderypainting
- akwarelpainting
Bengali জলরঙ
- জলরঙ (joloroṅ)pigment
Bulgarian акварел, акварел
- акварел (akvarel)genre
- акварел (akvarel)pigment
- акварел (akvarel)painting
- акварелен (akvarelen)pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor
Catalan aquarel·la, aquarel·la
- aquarel·lagenre
- aquarel·lapigment
- aquarel·lapainting
Chinese Mandarin 水彩, 水彩
- 水彩 (shuǐcǎi)genre
- 水彩 (shuǐcǎi)pigment
- 水彩畫 /水彩画 (shuǐcǎihuà)painting
- 水彩 (watercolor)pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor
Czech akvarel
- akvarelpainting
Danish akvarel, akvarel
- akvarelgenre
- akvarelpigment
- akvarelfarvepigment
- vandfarvepigment
- akvarelpainting
Dutch aquarel, waterverf
- aquarelgenre
- waterverfpigment
- aquarelpigment
- aquarelpainting
Esperanto akvarelo, akvofarbo
- akvarelopigment
- akvofarbopigment
Estonian vesivärv, akvarell
- vesivärvpigment
- akvarellpigment
- akvarellpainting
Finnish vesivärimaalaus, vesiväri
- vesivärimaalausgenre
- vesiväripigment
- akvarelliväripigment
- vesivärimaalauspainting
- akvarellipainting
- vesiväri-pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor
French aquarelle, aquarelle
- aquarellegenre
- aquarellepigment
- aquarellepainting
German Wasserfarbenmalerei, Wasserfarbe
- Wasserfarbenmalereigenre
- Wasserfarbepigment
- Aquarellpainting
- Aquarellbildpainting
- Wasserfarbenbildpainting
Greek υδατογραφία, νερομπογιά
- υδατογραφία (ydatografía)genre
- νερομπογιά (nerompogiá)pigment
- υδατογραφία (ydatografía)painting
Hindi जलवर्ण, जलरंग
- जलवर्ण (jalvarṇ)pigment
- जलरंग (jalraṅg)pigment
- आबरंग (ābraṅg)pigment
Hungarian akvarell, vízfestés
- akvarellgenre
- vízfestésgenre
- vízfestékpigment
- akvarellpigment
- akvarellpainting
Indonesian cat air, akuarel
- cat airpigment
- akuarelpainting
Irish dobharlí, uiscedhath
- dobharlípigment
- uiscedhathpigment
- dobharlípainting
- uiscedhathpainting
Italian acquerello, acquerello
- acquerellogenre
- acquerellopigment
- acquerellopainting
Japanese 水彩絵の具, 水彩
- 水彩絵の具 (suisaie no gu)genre
- 水彩 (suisai)pigment
- ウォーターカラー (wōtā karā)pigment
- 水彩画 (suisaiga)painting
Korean 수채화 물감, 수채
- 수채화 물감 (suchaehwa mulgam)genre
- 수채 (suchae)pigment
- 수채화 (suchaehwa)painting
Latvian akvarelis
- akvarelispigment
Lithuanian akvarelė
- akvarelėpigment
Malay cat air
- cat airpigment
Māori peita waikano
- peita waikanopainting
Norwegian Bokmål vannfarge, akvarell
- vannfargepigment
- akvarellpainting
Polish akwarela, akwarela
- akwarelagenre
- akwarelapigment
- farba wodnapigment
- akwarelapainting
Portuguese aquarela, aquarela
- aquarelagenre
- aquarelapigment
- aquarelapainting
Romanian acuarelă, acuarelă
- acuarelăpigment
- acuarelăpainting
Russian акваре́ль, акваре́ль
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)genre
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)pigment
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)painting
- акваре́льный (akvarélʹnyj)pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor
Scottish Gaelic dath-uisge, peanta dath-uisge
- dath-uisgegenre
- peanta dath-uisgepigment
- dealbh dath-uisgepainting
Spanish acuarela, acuarela
- acuarelagenre
- acuarelapigment
- acuarelapainting
Swedish akvarell
- akvarellpainting
Tagalog akwarela, akwarela
- akwarelagenre
- akwarelapigment
- akwarelapainting
Thai สีน้ำ
- สีน้ำ (sǐi-náam)pigment
Turkish sulu boya, sulu boya
- sulu boyagenre
- sulu boyapigment
- akvarelpainting
- sulu boyapainting
Ukrainian акваре́ль, акваре́ль
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)genre
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)pigment
- акваре́ль (akvarélʹ)painting
Vietnamese màu nước
- màu nướcpigment
Welsh dyfrlliw, peintiad dyfrlliw
- dyfrlliwpigment
- peintiad dyfrlliwpainting
Cite this entry
APA
watercolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercolour
MLA
“watercolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercolour. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watercolour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercolour.
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