aquatint

English

Francisco Goya, El sueño de la razón produce monstruos, c. 1796, aquatint.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækwətɪnt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

aquatint (plural aquatints)

1. A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.

   Hypernyms: etching, intaglio

   Coordinate term: mezzotint

2. An etching or print made using this method.

Derived terms

• aquatinter
• aquatintist

Translations

form of etching with acid on a plate

• Armenian: աքվատինտա (akʻvatinta)
• Catalan: aiguatinta f
• Czech: akvatinta f
• Danish: akvatinte c
• Dutch: aquatint (nl) f
• Esperanto: akvatinto
• Estonian: akvatinta
• Finnish: akvatinta (fi)
• French: aquatinte (fr) f
• Georgian: აკვატინტი (aḳvaṭinṭi)
• German: Aquatinta (de) f, Tuschätzung f
• Greek: ακουατίντα f (akouatínta)
• Hebrew: אקווטינטה, אקווטינט
• Hungarian: foltmaratás
• Indonesian: cetak akua
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: akvatinta f
• Lithuanian: akvatinta f
• Occitan: aquatinta f, aqüatinta f
• Polish: akwatinta (pl) f, akwatynta f (rare)
• Portuguese: água-tinta f, aquatinta f
• Romanian: acvatintă (ro) f
• Russian: аквати́нта (ru) f (akvatínta)
• Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta (sh) f
• Uzbek: akvatinta

etching or print

• Catalan: aiguatinta f
• Dutch: aquatint (nl) f
• Esperanto: akvatintaĵo, akvatinta gravuraĵo
• Finnish: akvatinta (fi)
• Indonesian: cetak akua
• Polish: akwatinta (pl) f, akwatynta f (rare)
• Serbo-Croatian: akvatinta (sh) f

Verb

aquatint (third-person singular simple present aquatints, present participle aquatinting, simple past and past participle aquatinted)

1. To make such etchings.

Translations

to make such etchings

• Finnish: tehdä akvatintoja

Further reading

• aquatint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia