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paintbrush

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin brush for applying paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: applicator, applier, brush

History

Etymology

From paint + brush.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُرْشَاة الطِلَاء — thin brush
  • Armenian: վրձին (vrjin) — thin brush
  • Belarusian: пэ́ндзаль (péndzalʹ) — thin brush
  • Belarusian: пэ́ндзлік (péndzlik) — thin brush
  • Belarusian: пэ́ндзьлік (péndzʹlik) — thin brush
  • Bulgarian: че́тка (čétka) — thin brush
  • Buryat: биирэ (biire) — thin brush
  • Catalan: pinzell — thin brush
  • Chinese Mandarin: 畫筆 /画笔 (huàbǐ) — thin brush
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油漆刷 (yóuqīshuā) — thin brush
  • Czech: malířský štětec — thin brush
  • Czech: štětec — thin brush
  • Danish: pensel — thin brush
  • Dutch: penseel — thin brush
  • Esperanto: peniko — thin brush
  • Faroese: pensil — thin brush
  • Finnish: sivellin — thin brush
  • French: pinceau — thin brush
  • Friulian: pinel — thin brush
  • German: Pinsel — thin brush
  • German: Farbpinsel — thin brush
  • German: Malerpinsel — thin brush
  • Greek: πινέλο (pinélo) — thin brush
  • Hebrew: מִכְחוֹל (mikh'khól) — thin brush
  • Hebrew: מִבְרֶשֶׁת (mivréshet) — thin brush
  • Hindi: तूलिका (tūlikā) — thin brush
  • Hungarian: ecset — thin brush
  • Icelandic: pensill — thin brush
  • Irish: scuab phéinteála — thin brush
  • Irish: cleiteán — thin brush
  • Italian: pennello — thin brush
  • Japanese: 絵筆 (efude) — thin brush
  • Japanese: 筆 (fude) — thin brush
  • Kazakh: қылқалам (qylqalam) — thin brush
  • Korean: 화필 (hwapil) — thin brush
  • Korean: 붓 (but) — thin brush
  • Latin: pēnicillum — thin brush
  • Latvian: ota — thin brush
  • Latvian: sarene — thin brush
  • Lower Tanana: be'aɬ xwdedebeni — thin brush
  • Macedonian: четка (četka) — thin brush
  • Maltese: pinzell — thin brush
  • Mongolian: бийр (biir) — thin brush
  • Mongolian: багс (bags) — thin brush
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pensel — thin brush
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pensel — thin brush
  • Occitan: pincèl — thin brush
  • Occitan: pincèu — thin brush
  • Polish: pędzel — thin brush
  • Polish: pędzelek — thin brush
  • Portuguese: pincel — thin brush
  • Romanian: pensulă — thin brush
  • Russian: кисть (kistʹ) — thin brush
  • Russian: ки́сточка (kístočka) — thin brush
  • Sicilian: pinzeḍḍu — thin brush
  • Slovak: štetec — thin brush
  • Spanish: pincel — thin brush
  • Swedish: pensel — thin brush
  • Swedish: målarpensel — thin brush
  • Tagalog: pinsel — thin brush
  • Tagalog: brotsa — thin brush
  • Tamil: தூரிகை (tūrikai) — thin brush
  • Thai: พู่กัน (pûu-gan) — thin brush
  • Turkish: boya fırçası — thin brush
  • Ukrainian: пе́нзель (pénzelʹ) — thin brush
  • Ukrainian: пе́нзлик (pénzlyk) — thin brush
  • Ukrainian: щі́точка (ščítočka) — thin brush
  • Volapük: pensit — thin brush
  • Yiddish: פּענדזל (pendzl) — thin brush