Skip to content

peintre

painter

noun PANTR Less Common
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Usage Note

Peintre can refer to both an artist painter and a house painter (peintre en bâtiment). It is a gender-invariant noun: un peintre, une peintre — the same form for men and women. The related noun peinture covers both the act of painting and the medium (paint). Famous French peintres include Monet and Cézanne.

Examples

"Ce peintre expose au musée d'Orsay."

Natural Translation

This painter is exhibiting at the Musée d'Orsay.

Explore French by topic