gouache
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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.
Translations[edit]
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.
Further reading[edit]
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gouache f (plural gouaches)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “gouache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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