aquatint

aquatint

English

Francisco Goya, El sueño de la razón produce monstruos, c. 1796, aquatint.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækwətɪnt/

Noun

aquatint (plural aquatints)

1. A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.

   Coordinate term: mezzotint

   Hypernyms: etching, intaglio

2. An etching or print made using this method.

Translations

form of etching with acid on a plate

Armenian: աքվատինտա (akʿvatinta) Catalan: aiguatinta f Czech: akvatinta f Danish: akvatinte c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: akvatinto Estonian: akvatinta Finnish: akvatinta (fi) French: aquatinte (fr) f Georgian: აკვატინტი (aḳvaṭinṭi) German: Aquatinta (de) f, Tuschätzung f Greek: ακουατίντα f (akouatínta) Hebrew: אקווטינטה‎ (???), אקווטינט‎ (???) Hungarian: foltmaratás Italian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: akvatinta f Lithuanian: akvatinta f Occitan: please add this translation if you can Polish: akwatinta (pl) f, akwatynta f (rare) Portuguese: água-tinta f, aquatinta f Romanian: acvatintă (ro) f Russian: аквати́нта (ru) f (akvatínta) Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta (sh) f Uzbek: akvatinta

etching or print

Catalan: aiguatinta f Esperanto: akvatintaĵo, akvatinta gravuraĵo Finnish: akvatinta (fi) Polish: akwatinta (pl) f, akwatynta f (rare) Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta (sh) f

Verb

aquatint (third-person singular simple present aquatints, present participle aquatinting, simple past and past participle aquatinted)

1. To make such etchings.

Translations

to make such etchings

Finnish: tehdä akvatintoja

Further reading

• aquatint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia