Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pointillism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: pointil-lism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French pointillisme, from pointiller (“to dot, to mark with points”), from point (“dot, point”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pointillisme

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pointillisms (plural)

Derived Forms

pointillist

Synonyms

pointillage

Questions

What does pointillism mean?: The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.
Where does pointillism come from?: It is traced to French.

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