Translation
to paint
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Word origin
From French peindre ('to paint'), whose stem peint- Zamenhof reshaped as pentr-; ultimately from Latin pingere, the root behind English paint, picture and pigment.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- pingere
- English cognates
- paint, picture, pigment
Examples
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She painted a beautiful picture of the sea.
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The child is painting a yellow sun on paper.
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Who painted that old picture on the wall?
is painting as art: pictures, portraits, a sunset on canvas. Coating a wall or a fence with paint is , from German Farbe. The painter of pictures is a ; compare , which is drawing with lines rather than colour.
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Word family
Words built on pentri with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- pentristonoun
painter (artist)
pentri-ist-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 8: pentri, bieno, parenco and 7 more words.