gouache
See also: gouaché
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gouache (countable and uncountable, plural gouaches)
- (painting) A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
- Hypernym: watercolour
- Coordinate terms: tempera, oil paint, India ink
- (painting, countable) A painting made with this paint.
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paint
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painting
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Verb edit
gouache (third-person singular simple present gouaches, present participle gouaching, simple past and past participle gouached)
- To produce work in the gouache medium.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gouache f (plural gouaches)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gouache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.