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painting noun

1. (activity, art form) peinture f;

2. (work of art) tableau m;
   (unframed) toile f;
   (of person) portrait m;

3. (decorating) peintures fpl.

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'painting' found in these entries:

English:

above - background - come - dabble - duplicate - elaborate - introduce - mural - oil painting - picture - prefer - preserve - slash - themselves - value - watercolour

French:

authentique - croúte - estimer - huile - imitateur - peinture - raccord - représenter - tableau - toile - trompe-l'œil - valeur

painting: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
painting	n	(a work of art) art	tableau nm
			peinture nf
			toile nf
The Louvre has thousands of paintings on its walls.
Le Musée du Louvre a des milliers de tableaux sur ses murs.
Le Musée du Louvre a des milliers de peintures sur ses murs.
Le Musée du Louvre a des milliers de toiles sur ses murs.
painting	n	(the art) art	peinture nf
She enjoys sculpture and painting.
Elle adore la sculpture et la peinture.
painting	n	(covering with paint)	peinture nf
The painting of the dining room took five hours.
La peinture du salon a pris cinq heures.
painting	v pres p	(paint) décoration	repeindre vtr ⇒
She was painting the kitchen a new colour.
* Elle a repeint la cuisine d'une nouvelle couleur.
painting	n	(job) peintre en bâtiment	peintre nm
He does painting and decorating for a living.
Il est peintre en bâtiment et décorateur.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
acrylic painting			peinture à l'acrylique
bad painting		nf	barbouille (artiste peintre)
china painting			peinture sur porcelaine
decorative painting		nf	peinture décorative
finger painting			peinture aux doigts
fresco painting			peinture murale
landscape painting			peintre de paysages
miniature painting			peinture miniature
mural painting			peinture murale
nude painting		nm	nu
oil painting			peinture à l'huile
pastel painting		nm	pastel
portrait painting			faire des portraits
rock painting		nf	peinture rupestre
sand painting			peinture de sable
still-life painting		nf	nature morte
wall painting			peinture murale
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "painting".

'life drawing/life painting class'
"painting" = "peinture"??
"traditional Chinese painting"
"Whole painting by X, head by Y"
a painting after Rubens
a painting by Monet
a painting for which
all types of art, be it a painting, a novel or music
as is painting, so is poetry
As is the case in this painting
cadrage - in a painting
cadre = picture, painting?
description of a painting
distorted (painting style)
Disturbing (painting)
EN: He has been painting the door... - grammaire
Fancy Nails and Face-Painting
find happiness in painting
had just finished painting
hard-edge painting, in French
He looks at the painters painting.
He's no oil painting
hide painting
in the bottom left of the painting
in the painting
In this painting you can see
Indonesian Painting Scarf
it´s just a painting away
lined painting
Live Painting Exhibition
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