picturesque

pic·tur·esque  (pkch-rsk)

adj.

1. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture: picturesque rocky shores.

2. Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive: a picturesque French café.

3. Strikingly expressive or vivid: picturesque language.

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[Alteration of French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore, painter, from Latin pictor; see Pictor.]

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pictur·esquely adv.

pictur·esqueness n.

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picturesque [ˌpɪktʃəˈrɛsk]

adj

1. visually pleasing, esp in being striking or vivid a picturesque view

2. having a striking or colourful character, nature, etc.

3. (of language) graphic; vivid

[from French pittoresque (but also influenced by picture), from Italian pittoresco, from pittore painter, from Latin pictor]

picturesquely  adv

picturesqueness  n

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picturesque - Based on Italian pittore, "painter," its original meaning was "in the style of a painter."

See also related terms for painter.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	picturesque - suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village" beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
	2.	picturesque - strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest" colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

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picturesque

adjective

1. interesting, pretty, beautiful, attractive, charming, scenic, quaint the Algarve's most picturesque village
interesting everyday, commonplace, unattractive, uninteresting, inartistic

2. vivid, striking, graphic, colourful, memorable Every inn had a quaint and picturesque name.
vivid dull, drab

Translations

picturesque [ˌpɪktʃəˈresk] ADJ (= quaint) [village] → pintoresco; [name, title] → pintoresco, peculiar; (= vivid) [language] → expresivo, vívido

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picturesque [ˌpɪktʃəˈrɛsk] adj → pittoresque
picture window n → baie f vitrée, fenêtre f panoramique

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picturesque

adj → malerisch, pittoresk (geh); (fig) description → anschaulich, bildhaft

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picturesque [ˌpɪktʃəˈrɛsk] adj → pittoresco/a

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picturesque

adj picturesque [piktʃəˈresk]

(of places) pretty and interesting a picturesque village. prentjiemooi رائِع، بَديع، تَصويري живописен malebný pittoresk; malerisk malerisch γραφικός pintoresco maaliline تماشایی pittoreski pittoresque צִיורִי सुरम्य, सुन्दर slikovit festői indah myndrænn; litríkur pittoresco 絵のような 그림같이 아름다운 gražus, vaizdingas gleznains cantik schilderachtig malerisk, pittoresk malowniczy pitoresco pito­resc живописный malebný slikovit živopisan pittoresk, målerisk, livfull สวย pitoresk, tablo gibi güzel 景色如畫的，別致的 мальовничий دل کش، خوش نما sinh động 景色如画的，别致的

adv pictuˈresquely

prentjiemooi بصورَة بَديعَه живописно malebně pittoreskt; maleriskt malerisch γραφικά pintorescamente maaliliselt بطور خوش منظره maalauksellisesti de manière pittoresque בְּצוָּרה צִיוּרִית सुरम्यता, सुंदरता slikovi festői(es)en dengan indah á litríkan/myndrænan hátt in maniera pittoresca 絵のように 그림같이 vaizdingai gleznaini; tēlaini dgn cantik schilderachtig malerisk, pittoresk malowniczo pitorescamente pitoresc живописно malebne slikovito živopisno pittoreskt, måleriskt, livfullt อย่างงดงาม çok güzel şekilde 如畫似地 образно دل کشي سے một cách sinh động 如画似地

n pictuˈresqueness

prentjiemooiheid رَوْعَه، بداعَه живописност malebnost farverigdom das Malerische γραφικότητα lo pintoresco maalilisus خوش منظره بودن maalauksellisuus pittoresque צִיוּרִיוּת सुरम्यता, सुंदरता opisan festői(es)ség keindahan e-ð sem er litríkt/myndrænt carattere pittoresco 絵のような美しさ 그림같이 아름다움 vaizdingumas gleznainība kecantikan schilderachtigheid det som er malerisk/pittoresk malowniczość pitoresco pitoresc живописность malebnosť slikovitost živopisnost livfullhet ความงาม güzel görünüş, manzara 景色如畫 образність دل کشي، خوش نمائي hình ảnh sinh động 景色如画

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picturesque → رائع malebný malerisk malerisch γραφικός pintoresco maalauksellinen pittoresque slikovit pittoresco 絵のように美しい 그림같은 schilderachtig malerisk malowniczy pitoresco живописный pittoresk สวยงดงาม resmedilmeye değer nên thơ 如画般的