painting

painting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ

Verb

painting

1. present participle of paint

Noun

painting (countable and uncountable, plural paintings)

A 1765 painting by François Boucher

1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

   The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:

     There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train.

2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.

   The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.

3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

   Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.

   • 1917, Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett, transl., The Darling and Other Stories‎, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:

     The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

Synonyms

The same activity as an art form

• third art

Derived terms

• cave painting
• oil painting

Related terms

• painter

Translations

an illustration or artwork using paint

Afrikaans: skildery (af) Albanian: piktura f Arabic: لَوْحَة‎ f (lawḥa), صُورَة‎ (ar) f (ṣūra), لَوْحَة فَنِّيَّة‎ f (lawḥa fanniyya) Armenian: գեղանկարչություն (hy) (gełankarčʿutʿyun) Breton: livadur (br) Bulgarian: картина (bg) f (kartina) Catalan: quadre (ca) m, pintura (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 圖畫／图画 (zh) (túhuà), 畫幅／画幅 (zh) (huàfú), 畫兒／画儿 (zh) (huàr) Czech: obraz (cs) m Danish: maleri (da) n Dutch: schilderij (nl) n or f, schilderwerk (nl) n Esperanto: pentraĵo Estonian: maal (et) Finnish: maalaus (fi) French: peinture (fr), toile (fr) f Galician: cadro (gl) m, pintura f Georgian: ნახატი (naxaṭi), სურათი (surati) German: Gemälde (de) n Greek: ζωγραφιά (el) f (zografiá) Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía), ζωγράφημα n (zōgráphēma) Hungarian: festmény (hu) Icelandic: málverk (is) n Ido: pikturo (io) Indonesian: lukisan (id) Irish: pictiúr m, péintéireacht f Italian: dipinto (it) m, pittura (it) f, quadro (it) m Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga), 絵 (ja) (え, e) Khmer: គំនូរ (km) (kumnuu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: وێنە‎ (ku) (wêne) Latin: pictūra (la) Latvian: glezna f Lithuanian: tapybos kūrinys m, tapyba f Macedonian: слика f (slika) Maltese: kwadru m Maori: peitatanga, waituhi Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: maleri (no) n, bilde (no) n Nynorsk: måleri n Occitan: pintura (oc) Old English: tīefring f Pashto: انځور‎ (ps) m (anźor) Persian: نگار‎ (fa) (negâr), نقاشی‎ (fa) (naqâshi) Polish: obraz (pl) m, malowidło (pl) n Portuguese: pintura (pt) Romanian: pictură (ro) f Russian: карти́на (ru) f (kartína) Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbh m or f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сликање n Roman: slikanje n Slovak: obraz m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wobraz m Spanish: cuadro (es) m, pintura (es) Swedish: målning (sv) c Tamil: ஓவியம் (ta) (ōviyam) Thai: จิตรกรรม (th) (jìt-dtrà-gam) Turkish: boyama (tr), resim (tr) Ukrainian: карти́на f (kartýna) Uyghur: رەسىم‎ (resim) Vietnamese: bức tranh (vi), bức vẽ Volapük: pänot (vo) Welsh: paentiad (cy) m

the action of applying paint

Arabic: طِلَاء‎ m (ṭilāʾ), دِهَان‎ m (dihān) Bulgarian: живопис m (živopis) Chechen: басар (basar) Chinese: Mandarin: 繪畫／绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 油漆 (zh) (yóuqī) Danish: malerkunst c Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, geschilder n Estonian: maalimine Finnish: maalaustaide (fi) French: peinture (fr) Galician: pintado (gl) m German: Malerei (de) f Greek: ζωγραφική (el) f (zografikí) Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía) Irish: péinteáil f Italian: verniciatura (it) f, pittura (it) f Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga) Macedonian: бојадисување n (bojadisuvanje), боење n (boenje), фарбање n (farbanje) Maori: peitatanga Ngarrindjeri: blewalawun Norwegian: maleri (no) Old English: tīefring f Polish: malowanie (pl) n Portuguese: pintura (pt) f Romanian: pictare (ro) f Russian: жи́вопись (ru) f (žívopisʹ) Spanish: pintado (es) m Swedish: måleri (sv) n, målning (sv) c Volapük: kölam (vo) Welsh: paentiad (cy) m

artistic application of paint

Arabic: رَسْم فَنِّيّ‎ m (rasm fanniyy), فَنّ تَصْوِير زَيْتِيّ‎ m (fann taṣwīr zaytiyy) Chinese: Mandarin: 繪畫／绘画 (zh) (huìhuà), 油漆 (zh) (yóuqī) Czech: malba f Danish: malerkunst c Dutch: schilderen (nl) n, schilderkunst (nl) Esperanto: pentrado Estonian: maalimine Finnish: maalaustaide (fi) Georgian: ფერწერა (perc̣era), მხატვრობა (mxaṭvroba) German: Malerei (de) f Greek: Ancient: ζωγραφία f (zōgraphía) Hungarian: festőművészet (hu) Irish: péinteáil f, péintéireacht f Italian: dipinto (it) m Japanese: 絵画 (ja) (かいが, kaiga) Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಕಲೆ (kn) (citrakale) Latin: pictūra (la) Macedonian: слика́рство n (slikárstvo), живопис (mk) m (živopis) Norwegian: Bokmål: malerkunst m Nynorsk: målarkunst m Old English: tīefring f Polish: malarstwo (pl) n Portuguese: pintura (pt) f Romanian: pictură (ro) f Russian: жи́вопись (ru) f (žívopisʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сликарство n, живопис m Roman: slikarstvo (sh) n, živopis (sh) m Spanish: pintura (es) f Swedish: måleri (sv) Ukrainian: живо́пис m (žyvópys), маля́рство n (maljárstvo) Volapük: pänam Welsh: paentiad (cy) m

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