watercolour

• watercolor (mostly US)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.tɜ.ˌkʌ.lɜ/

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water +‎ colour

watercolour (countable and uncountable, plural watercolours)

1. (countable) A water-soluble pigment.

   Jim's aunt only uses watercolours to paint her pictures.

2. (countable) A painting made by using such pigment.

   Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours.

3. (uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.

   I'm not a big fan of watercolour; I much prefer oil painting.

• watercolourist

watercolour (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

watercolour (third-person singular simple present watercolours, present participle watercolouring, simple past and past participle watercoloured)

1. To paint using watercolour