word-vault/dist/data/cards/pa/painter.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "painter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person whose job is painting buildings, walls, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He works as a **painter and decorator**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["self-employed", "house", "sign"],
                "phrases": ["painter and decorator"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an artist who paints pictures",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a famous painter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **portrait/landscape painter**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She quickly established a reputation as a painter of portraits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rudolf II's court painter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exhibition of works by contemporary painters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "some of the great painters of the last century"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chardin was a gifted still-life painter."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["celebrated", "distinguished", "famous"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a rope fastened to the front of a boat, used for tying it to a post, ship, etc.",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪntə(r)/",
                "audio": "pa/painter/painter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪntər/",
                "audio": "pa/painter/painter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French peintour, based on Latin pictor, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’.sense 3 Middle English: of uncertain origin; compare with Old French pentoir ‘something from which to hang things’."
}