Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aquarelle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: aquarelle
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A watercolour (painting)

noun

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

Example Sentences

"He looked out between whiles at the pleasant English land, an April aquarelle washed in with wondrous breadth."
"He wandered about the house, looking into several rooms, and only partially at rest when he discovered Caroline in one, engaged upon some of her aquarelle sketches."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: acquarella

Inflected Forms

aquarelles (plural)

Derived Forms

aquarellist

Questions

What does aquarelle mean?: A watercolour (painting)
Where does aquarelle come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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