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

Etymology

Origin of aquarelle

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

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

It gives one the idea of some great aquarelle unfinished,—abandoned before tones were deepened and details brought out.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

He looked out between whiles at the pleasant English land, an April aquarelle washed in with wondrous breadth.

From Some Short Stories [by Henry James] by Henry James

It is the only true method for reproducing, in the full sense of the word, an etching, engraving, a drawing in pen and ink, an aquarelle, a painting, or objects from nature.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock

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

The queen has herself written plays under the pseudonym "Graham Irving," and the king paints a little in aquarelles, and plays the piano almost too well to be termed an amateur.

From Norwegian Life by Ethlyn T. Clough

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

Innumerable aquarelles and sketches, chiefly of marine subjects, were also the fruit of this period.

From William of Germany by Stanley Shaw

After luncheon the Grand Duchess took me into her boudoir and showed me all her souvenirs—photographs of Bernstorff, a screen painted by the Queen of Denmark, and aquarelles of Gmunden, her home.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone