oil painting

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oil painting

noun oil paintings

  1. countable, uncountable A painting done with oil paints.
  2. uncountable The art of painting with oil paints.
  3. UK, countable, humorous, uncountable, in the negative A physically attractive person. "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!"

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noun a painting done with oil paints

한국어유화 yuhwa
日本語油絵
中文油畫 /油画 yóuhuà
Portuguêspintura a óleo, óleo
Italianopittura a olio
Românăpictură în ulei, tablou în ulei
Tiếng Việttranh sơn dầu
العربيةلَوْحَة زَيْتِيَة lawḥa zayteya

noun art of painting with oil paints

日本語油絵 aburae
中文油畫 /油画 yóuhuà
Portuguêspintura a óleo
Françaispeinture à l'huile
DeutschÖlgemälde
Ελληνικάελαιογραφία elaiografía
Русскийжи́вопись ма́сляными кра́сками žívopisʹ másljanymi kráskami, карти́на ма́слом kartína máslom

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@misc{oil_painting_2026,
  title = {oil painting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oil%20painting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}