different between watercolour vs aquarelle

English

Alternative forms

• watercolor (mostly US)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?.t??k?.l?/

Etymology

water +? colour

Noun

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment.

2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

   Synonym: aquarelle

3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

Derived terms

• watercolourist

Translations

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

Translations

Verb

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

1. To paint using watercolour

Further reading

• watercolor painting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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).