gouache

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/ɡwɑːʃ//ɡuˈɑːʃ/

noun

A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

OriginFrench gouache ← Italian guazzo →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

noungouache (countable and uncountable, plural gouaches)

plural gouaches

  1. countableuncountablepaintingA thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
  2. countablepaintingA painting made with this paint.
verbgouache (third-person singular simple present gouaches, present participle gouaching, simple past and past participle gouached)

present singular third person gouaches · participle present gouaching · participle past gouached · past gouached

  1. To produce work in the gouache medium.

Origin

  1. Italianguazzo
  2. Frenchgouache
  3. Englishgouache

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.

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Translations

Afrikaans gouache, gouache
  • gouachepaint
  • gouachepainting
Bulgarian гваш, гваш
  • гваш (gvaš)paint
  • гваш (gvaš)painting
Chinese Mandarin 水粉, 水粉顏料 /水粉颜料
  • 水粉 (shuǐfěn)paint
  • 水粉顏料 /水粉颜料 (shuǐfěn yánliào)paint
  • 水粉畫 /水粉画 (shuǐfěnhuà)painting
Finnish guassiväri, guassi
  • guassiväripaint
  • guassipainting
  • guassimaalauspainting
French gouache, gouache
  • gouachepaint
  • gouachepainting
German Gouache, Guasch
  • Gouachepaint
  • Guaschpaint
  • Gouachepainting
  • Guaschpainting
Italian guazzo, guazzo
  • guazzopaint
  • guazzopainting
Japanese ガッシュ, ガッシュ
  • ガッシュ (gasshu)paint
  • ガッシュ (gasshu)painting
Māori peita waikukū
  • peita waikukūpaint
Polish gwasz, gwasz
  • gwaszpaint
  • gwaszpainting
Portuguese guache, guache
  • guachepaint
  • guachepainting
Romanian guașă, guașă
  • guașăpaint
  • guașăpainting
Russian гуа́шь, гуа́шь
  • гуа́шь (guášʹ)paint
  • гуа́шь (guášʹ)painting
Spanish guache, gouache
  • guachepaint
  • gouachepaint
  • guachepainting
  • gouachepainting
Ukrainian гуа́ш, гуа́ш
  • гуа́ш (huáš)paint
  • гуа́ш (huáš)painting
Yiddish גואַש, גואַש
  • גואַש (guash)paint
  • גואַש (guash)painting
  • וואַסערפֿאַרב (vaserfarb)painting

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gouache

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Cite this entry
APA

gouache. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gouache

MLA

“gouache.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gouache. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gouache,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gouache.

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