Similar words
tableau
peinture and tableau are close synonyms for "painting"; tableau also separately means "board," like a blackboard.
Similar in other languages
German
Gemälde
Gemälde is the German word for the same thing — both mean "painting."
Portuguese
pintura
pintura is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "painting."
Practice
1 What does peinture mean?
painting
2 Fill the gap: Il fait de la ___ le week-end.
Full sentence: Il fait de la peinture le week-end. (He does painting on the weekends.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches peinture?
peinture: neutral register, core frequency, artistic domain, neutral connotation.