different between watercolor vs aquarelle

English

Etymology

water +? color

Noun

watercolor (countable and uncountable, plural watercolors)

1. Alternative spelling of watercolour

Adjective

watercolor (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of watercolour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella (“watercolour”) (later acquarello and acquerello).

Noun

aquarelle (plural aquarelles)

1. A watercolour (painting)
2. A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwa.??l/
• Homophones: aquarellent, aquarelles

Etymology 1

From obsolete Italian acquarella, modern acquerello.

Noun

aquarelle f (plural aquarelles)

1. aquarelle, watercolour

Derived terms

• aquareller
• aquarelliste

Descendants

• ? English: aquarelle
• ? Greek: ????????? (akouaréla)
• ? Russian: ????????? (akvarél?)
  • ? Kazakh: ???????? (akvarel?)

Etymology 2

Verb

aquarelle

1. first-person singular present indicative of aquareller
2. third-person singular present indicative of aquareller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aquareller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aquareller
5. second-person singular imperative of aquareller

Further reading

• “aquarelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).