aquarelle

American  

[ak-wuh-rel, ah-kwuh-, a-kwa-rel] / ˌæk wəˈrɛl, ˌɑ kwə-, a kwaˈrɛl /

noun

• aquarelles
  plural

1. a watercolor.

2. Printing. a printed picture that has been colored manually by applying watercolor through stencils, each color requiring a different stencil.

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aquarelle British  

/ ˌækwəˈrɛl /

noun

1. a method of watercolour painting in transparent washes

2. a painting done in this way

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• aquarellist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• aquarelles
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of aquarelle

1865–70; < French < Italian acquarella (now obsolete) watercolor, equivalent to Latin aquār ( ius ) of water ( see aquarium) + Italian -ella -elle

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Example Sentences

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aquarelle aquarelles

This collection’s pink and white aquarelle palette evoked the vibrant style of the Ballets Russes as envisioned by Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

For it's a blue-shift world we occupy, Dilemma-prone, clear-cut solutions rare, And clashing viewpoints often held at bay By hues, just short of violet, that eschew Sharp contrasts for an azure aquarelle.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2022

He recognised it instantly from the aquarelle that is in the dining-room at home.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington

All the tints, the forms, the vistas, would seem to have been especially selected or designed for aquarelle studies,—just to please the whim of some extravagant artist.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

I have seen the work of Hilderbrandt and Werner, and the whole Roman aquarelle club, and assure you yours would make a sensation among them.

From A Divided Heart and Other Stories by Paul Heyse

Somewhat mortified, he turned his attention to his aquarelles, and arranged them in the portfolio which he was still holding in his hand.

From A Divided Heart and Other Stories by Paul Heyse

I ought, I said to myself, to be well-contented, for the dinner was excellent, and the surroundings a picture in aquarelles.

From The Princess Passes by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Bringing a few aquarelles from the garret--which he had converted into an atelier by means of a half-covered north window--he hung them on the wall in place of the crayon portrait of some forgotten great-aunt.

From A Divided Heart and Other Stories by Paul Heyse

And in my New York gallery you will find Munkácsy genres, Zichy aquarelles, a Benczur, and some other equally fine Hungarian pictures.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai

Mention should also be made of Sayitzev, certain of whose stories are comparable to the aquarelles of a landscape painter.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Serge Persky

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