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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, alteration of the classical Latin pictūra, from pictus, under the influence of the present stem pingō.
Pronunciation
Noun
peinture f (plural peintures)
- painting
La peinture de genre.- Genre painting.
- painting, canvas
Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais.- There are beautiful paintings in this palace.
- vivid description
Cet auteur excelle dans la peinture des caractères, des passions, des mœurs, des faiblesses du cœur humain.- This author excels in the depiction of characters, of passions, of mores, of weaknesses of the human heart.
- paint
la peinture en est toute fraîche.- The paint is very fresh.
Qu’est-ce qui sent comme la peinture verte, coule comme la peinture violette et se fond sur une camionnette blanche ?- What smells like green paint, flows like purple paint, and blends on a white van?
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Verb
peinture
- inflection of peinturer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, from Latin pictūra.
Noun
peinture oblique singular, f (oblique plural peintures, nominative singular peinture, nominative plural peintures)
- picture
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