Aquarell
watercolour
noun ak-vah-REL Rare
Origin: from Italian acquerello via Latin aqua
Also means
watercolour painting
Usage Note
Aquarell denotes both the water-based technique and a finished work in it. It is neuter: ein zartes Aquarell. The related verb is aquarellieren.
Examples
"Das Aquarell zeigt eine verschwommene Küstenlandschaft."
Natural Translation
The watercolour shows a blurred coastal landscape.
Literal Translation
The watercolour shows a blurred coast-landscape.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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