pointillism

English

From French pointillisme, from pointiller (“to dot, to mark with points”), from point (“dot, point”).

pointillism (usually uncountable, plural pointillisms)

(art) The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.
Synonym: pointillage

painting technique

Afrikaans: pointillisme
Catalan: puntillisme m
Czech: pointilismus (cs) m
Dutch: pointillisme (nl) n
Finnish: pointillismi (fi)
French: pointillisme (fr) m
Greek: πουαντιγισμός (el) m (pouantigismós), πουαντιλισμός (el) m (pouantilismós)
Maori: tā tongitongi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pointillisme m

Nynorsk: pointillisme m
Spanish: puntillismo (es) m
Swedish: pointillism (sv) c

pointillism n (uncountable)