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aquatint

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈækwətɪnt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: etching, intaglio

2

noun

Meaning 2

An etching or print made using this method.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make such etchings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: engraving, etching

5

noun

Meaning 5

an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: etching

6

verb

Meaning 6

etch in aquatint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: etch

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”).

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աքվատինտա (akʻvatinta) — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Catalan: aiguatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Czech: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Danish: akvatinte — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Dutch: aquatint — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Esperanto: akvatinto — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Estonian: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Finnish: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • French: aquatinte — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Georgian: აკვატინტი (aḳvaṭinṭi) — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • German: Aquatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • German: Tuschätzung — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Greek: ακουατίντα (akouatínta) — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Hebrew: אקווטינטה — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Hebrew: אקווטינט — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Hungarian: foltmaratás — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Indonesian: cetak akua — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Japanese: アクアチント (Akuachinto) — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Latvian: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Lithuanian: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Occitan: aquatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Occitan: aqüatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Polish: akwatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Polish: akwatynta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Portuguese: água-tinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Portuguese: aquatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Romanian: acvatintă — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Russian: аквати́нта (akvatínta) — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Uzbek: akvatinta — form of etching with acid on a plate
  • Catalan: aiguatinta — etching or print
  • Dutch: aquatint — etching or print
  • Esperanto: akvatintaĵo — etching or print
  • Esperanto: akvatinta gravuraĵo — etching or print
  • Finnish: akvatinta — etching or print
  • Indonesian: cetak akua — etching or print
  • Polish: akwatinta — etching or print
  • Polish: akwatynta — etching or print
  • Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta — etching or print
  • Finnish: tehdä akvatintoja — to make such etchings
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