gouache
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See also: gouaché
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Translations
paint
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painting
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Verb
gouache (third-person singular simple present gouaches, present participle gouaching, simple past and past participle gouached)
- To produce work in the gouache medium.
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gouache f (plural gouaches)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “gouache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.