oil painting

English

Noun

oil painting (countable and uncountable, plural oil paintings)

A painting done with oil paints.
(uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints.
(humorous, litotes, with negative) A physically attractive person.
- 1920 Henry St. John Cooper Sunny Ducrow, Putnam's, p.117:
  "Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face.
  
  "You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!"
- 2007 "Virginia Trioli talks to George Brandis and Wayne Swan" Lateline ABC (Australia) 14 September 2007:
  Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister.
  
  George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.

Translations

a painting done with oil paints

Arabic: لَوْحَة زَيْتِيَة‎ f (lawḥa zayteya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油畫 (zh), 油画 (zh) (yóuhuà)
Erzya: оярт (ojart)
French: ^{(please verify)} peinture a l'huile f
Irish: ^{(please verify)} péintéireacht ola f

Italian: pittura a olio f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oljemaleri n
Portuguese: pintura a óleo f, óleo (pt) m
Swedish: oljemålning c

art of painting with oil paints

Chinese:
Mandarin: 油畫 (zh), 油画 (zh) (yóuhuà)
Czech: olejomalba (cs) f
Estonian: õlimaal
Finnish: öljyvärimaalaus (fi), öljymaalaus (fi)
French: peinture a l'huile f
German: Ölgemälde (de) n
Greek: ελαιογραφία (el) f (elaiografía)
Hungarian: olajfestmény (hu)

Irish: péintéireacht ola f
Japanese: 油絵 (ja) (あぶらえ, aburae)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oljemaling m or f
Portuguese: pintura a óleo f
Russian: жи́вопись ма́сляными кра́сками f (žívopisʹ másljanymi kráskami), карти́на ма́слом f (kartína máslom)
Swedish: oljemåleri n
Turkish: yağlı boya (tr)

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