gouache

See also: gouaché

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɑːʃ/, /ɡuˈɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Noun

gouache (countable and uncountable, plural gouaches)

1. (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

2. (painting, countable) A painting made with this paint.

Translations

paint

Afrikaans: gouache Bulgarian: гваш (bg) m (gvaš) Chinese: Mandarin: 水粉 (zh) (shuǐfěn), 水粉顏料 / 水粉颜料 (zh) (shuǐfěn yánliào) Finnish: guassiväri French: gouache (fr) f Georgian: გუაში (ka) (guaši) German: Gouache f, Guasch f Italian: guazzo (it) m Japanese: ガッシュ (ja) (gasshu) Maori: peita waikukū Polish: gwasz (pl) m Portuguese: guache (pt) m Romanian: guașă (ro) f Russian: гуа́шь (ru) f (guášʹ) Spanish: guache (es) m, gouache (es) m Ukrainian: гуа́ш f (huáš) Yiddish: גואַש m (guash), וואַסערפֿאַרב f (vaserfarb)

painting

Afrikaans: gouache Bulgarian: гваш (bg) m (gvaš) Chinese: Mandarin: 水粉畫 / 水粉画 (zh) (shuǐfěnhuà) Finnish: guassi, guassimaalaus French: gouache (fr) f Georgian: გუაში (ka) (guaši) German: Gouache f, Guasch f Italian: guazzo (it) m Japanese: ガッシュ (ja) (gasshu) Polish: gwasz (pl) m Portuguese: guache (pt) m Romanian: guașă (ro) f Russian: гуа́шь (ru) f (guášʹ) Spanish: guache (es) m, gouache (es) m Ukrainian: гуа́ш f (huáš) Yiddish: גואַש m (guash), וואַסערפֿאַרב f (vaserfarb)

Verb

gouache (third-person singular simple present gouaches, present participle gouaching, simple past and past participle gouached)

1. To produce work in the gouache medium.

Further reading

• gouache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• couhage

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

gouache f (plural gouaches)

1. gouache

Derived terms

• gouacher

Descendants

• → Catalan: guaix
• → Danish: gouache
• → Dutch: gouache
• → English: gouache
• → German: Gouache, Guasch
• → Polish: gwasz
• → Portuguese: guache, guacho
• → Spanish: guache
• → Turkish: guaj
• → Ukrainian: гуаш (huaš)

Further reading

• “gouache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.