Meaning & use

aquarelle

noun·Advanced

A painting technique using thin, transparent watercolors, or a painting produced this way.

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The gallery displayed a delicate aquarelle of the harbor at sunrise.

She preferred aquarelle to oil paint for its light, translucent quality.

A note on using this word

Aquarelle is a more formal or artistic term for what is usually just called watercolor in everyday English.

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