painting
NounUS[peyn-ting]/ˈpeɪntɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)paintings
- graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface“a small painting by Picasso”“he bought the painting as an investment”“his pictures hang in the Louvre”Synonyms: pictureType of graphic artKinds watercolor, nude, oil painting, landscape, abstraction, trompe l'oeil, miniature, monochrome, cityscape, mural +10 more
- creating a picture with paints“he studied painting and sculpture for many years”Type of art, fine artsKinds speedpaint, oil painting, fresco, watercolor, impasto, distemper, stereochromy
- the act of applying paint to a surface“you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush”Type of application, coatingKinds spatter, finger-painting, spray painting
- the occupation of a house painter“house painting was the only craft he knew”Synonyms: house paintingType of trade, craftPart of construction, building
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Translations
Noun an illustration or artwork using paint
- Spanish
- pintura
- French
- peinture
- German
- Gemälde
- Italian
- dipinto
- Portuguese
- pintura
- Turkish
- tablo
- Russian
- карти́на kartína
- Arabic
- لَوْحَة lawḥa
- Chinese
- 画 huà
- Japanese
- 絵画 kaiga
35 more languages
- Dutch
- schilderij
- Polish
- obraz
- Swedish
- målning
- Greek
- πίνακας pínakas
- Korean
- 회화 hoehwa
- Indonesian
- lukisan
- Vietnamese
- bức tranh
- Hungarian
- festmény
- Portuguese (PT)
- pintura
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 畫作 huàzuò
- Albanian
- pikturë
- Breton
- livadur
- Catalan
- pintura
- Corsican
- pittura
- Czech
- obraz
- Danish
- maleri
- Esperanto
- pentraĵo
- Estonian
- maal
- Finnish
- maalaus
- Georgian
- სურათი surati
- Hebrew
- ציור tsiyúr
- Icelandic
- málverk
- Kurdish
- nîgar
- Latvian
- glezna
- Lithuanian
- paveikslas
- Norwegian
- maleri
- Romanian
- pictură
- Scottish Gaelic
- lì-dhealbh
- Serbo-Croatian
- slika
- Slovak
- obraz
- Slovenian
- slika
- Swahili
- mchoro wa rangi
- Walloon
- pondeure
- Welsh
- peintiad
- Yiddish
- געמעל gemel
Noun artistic application of paint
- Spanish
- pintura
- German
- Malerei
- Italian
- pittura
- Portuguese
- pintura
- Russian
- жи́вопись žívopisʹ
- Chinese
- 绘画 huìhuà
- Japanese
- 絵画 kaiga
- Dutch
- schilderkunst
- Polish
- malarstwo
- Swedish
- måleri
16 more languages
- Greek
- ζωγραφική zografikí
- Korean
- 회화 hoehwa
- Vietnamese
- hội họa
- Hungarian
- festőművészet
- Portuguese (PT)
- pintura
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 繪畫 huìhuà
- Albanian
- pikturë
- Czech
- malířství
- Esperanto
- pentrado
- Finnish
- maalaustaide
- Georgian
- ფერწერა perc̣era
- Icelandic
- málverk
- Norwegian
- malerkunst
- Romanian
- pictură
- Slovak
- maliarstvo
- Welsh
- peintiad
Noun the action of applying paint
- Spanish
- pintado
- French
- peinture
- German
- Anstreichen
- Italian
- verniciatura
- Portuguese
- pintura
- Turkish
- resim
- Russian
- покра́ска pokráska
- Chinese
- 刷漆 shuāqī
- Japanese
- 塗装 tosō
- Dutch
- schilderen
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Paint′ing noun
1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
2. Fine arts The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
3. Color laid on; paint. rare William Shakespeare
4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Synonyms: See Picture.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.