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語源

From water +‎ colour.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/

名詞

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment or paint.

   Coordinate term: oil paint

   Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.

2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

   Synonym: aquarelle

   Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.

   • 1976, Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”:

     She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running / Like a watercolour in the rain

3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

   I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

派生語

• watercolourist

参考

形容詞

watercolour (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

動詞

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

1. To paint using watercolour

Further reading

• watercolor painting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia