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watercolourist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An artist who paints watercolours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a painter who paints with watercolors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watercolorist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: painter

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English watercolour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English watercolourist From watercolour + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: akvarelisto — artist who paints watercolours
  • Greek: ακουαρελίστας (akouarelístas) — artist who paints watercolours
  • Hungarian: akvarellista — artist who paints watercolours
  • Hungarian: akvarellfestő — artist who paints watercolours
  • Macedonian: акварели́ст (akvarelíst) — artist who paints watercolours
  • Polish: akwarelista — artist who paints watercolours
  • Polish: akwarelistka — artist who paints watercolours
  • Portuguese: aquarelista — artist who paints watercolours
  • Romanian: acuarelist — artist who paints watercolours
  • Romanian: acuarelistă — artist who paints watercolours
  • Serbo-Croatian: akvarelist — artist who paints watercolours
  • Swedish: akvarellmålare — artist who paints watercolours
  • Swedish: akvarellist — artist who paints watercolours