cave painting

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪv ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
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51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: grotschildering — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• French: art pariétal — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• West-Frisian: grotskildering — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• German: Höhlenmalerei — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• Occitan: art parietau — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• Swedish: grottmålning — activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times
• Afrikaans: grotkuns — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Azerbaijani: mağara rəsmi — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Basque: labar-artea — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Belarusian: пячорны жывапіс (pjačórny žyvapis) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Bengali: গুহাচিত্র (guhacitro) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Catalan: pintura rupestre — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Chinese Mandarin: 石洞壁畫 /石洞壁画 (shídòngbìhuà) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Czech: jeskynní malířství — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Danish: hulemaleri — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Dutch: grotschildering — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Esperanto: prahomaj pentraĵoj — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Estonian: koopamaalingud — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Finnish: kalliomaalaus — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Finnish: luolamaalaus — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• French: peinture rupestre — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Georgian: კლდის მხატვრობა (ḳldis mxaṭvroba) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• German: Höhlenmalerei — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Greek: ζωγραφική σπηλαίου (zografikí spilaíou) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Hebrew: ציורי מערות — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Hindi: गुफ़ा चित्र (gufā citra) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Hungarian: barlangrajz — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Icelandic: hellamálverk — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Indonesian: lukisan gua — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Italian: pittura rupestre — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Korean: 동굴벽화 (donggulbyeokhwa) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Limburgish: grotsjèldering — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Lithuanian: urvų piešiniai — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Malay: lukisan gua — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Marathi: आदिमानवांची चित्रकला (ādimānvāñcī citraklā) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Norwegian Bokmål: hulemaleri — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hòlemåleri — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Polish: malarstwo jaskiniowe — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Polish: malarstwo naskalne — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Portuguese: pintura rupestre — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Russian: пещерная живопись (peščernaja živopisʹ) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Sinhalese: ගුහා සිතුවම් (guhā situwam) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Slovene: jamske poslikave — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Spanish: pintura rupestre — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Swedish: grottmålning — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Tamil: குகை ஓவியம் (kukai ōviyam) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Turkish: mağara ressamlığı — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Ukrainian: печерний живопис (pečernyj žyvopys) — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Urdu: غار نقاشی — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Veps: kallʹvoimujupirdand — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type
• Vietnamese: tranh hang động — paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; an individual painting of this type