aquatinte
French, noun/a.kwa.tɛ̃t/
aquatinte is a French feminine noun meaning “aquatint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gravure chimique sur métal à l’eau-forte, imitant les dessins au lavis”.
What does aquatinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaquatint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gravure chimique sur métal à l’eau-forte, imitant les dessins au lavis. 2. Épreuve imprimée à l’aide d’une planche gravée par ce procédé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aquatinte
- aquatintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquatinte?
- /a.kwa.tɛ̃t/
- \a.kwa.tɛ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aquatinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aquatinte in French?
aquatinte appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).