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noun, feminine

peinture

/pɛ̃.tyʁ/

noun, feminine/pɛ̃.tyʁ/plural: peintures

painting; painting, canvas; description, depiction; paint

peinture de genregenre painting

Synonyms: troisième art, tableau, toile, couleur

Inherited from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, alteration of the classical Latin pictūra, under the influence of the verb it's derived from, pingō.