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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pitˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: pit‧tù‧ra
Etymology 1
From Latin pictūra.
Noun
pittura f (plural pitture)
- painting
- Synonym: (the action of applying paint without any artistic intention) verniciatura
c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Discussioni sulla preminenza della Pittura”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 137:La Pittura è una Poesia muta, e la Poesia è una Pittura cieca, e l’una e l’altra va imitando la natura quanto è possibile alle lor potenzie, e per l’una e per l’altra si può dimostrare molti morali costumi, come fece Apelle co’ la sua Calunnia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pittura
- inflection of pitturare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sicilian pittura, from Latin pictura.
Noun
pittura f (plural pitturi)
- picture, painting, drawing
- Synonym: tpinġija
Etymology 2
See the lemma.
Noun
pittura f
- (sometimes avoided) female equivalent of pittur (“painter”)