gouache

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡwɑːʃ/, /ɡuˈɑːʃ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʃ === 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 ==== === 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 === gouache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === couhage == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian guazzo (“water paint, splash”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡwaʃ/ === Noun === gouache f (plural gouaches) 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