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Webster 1913 Edition

Gouache

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Gouache

(gwȧsh)

,

Noun.

[F., It.

guazzo

.]

A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

Definition 2024

gouache

gouache

See also: gouaché

English

Noun

gouache ‎(plural gouaches)

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

Translations

paint

Bulgarian: гваш (bg) m ‎(gvaš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水粉 (zh) ‎(shuǐfěn), 水粉顏料 (zh), 水粉颜料 (zh) ‎(shuǐfěn yánliào)
Finnish: guassiväri
French: gouache (fr) f

German: Gouache f, Guasch f
Japanese: ガッシュ ‎(gasshu)
Maori: peita waikukū
Russian: гуа́шь (ru) f ‎(guášʹ)
Ukrainian: гуа́ш f ‎(huáš)

painting

Bulgarian: гваш (bg) m ‎(gvaš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水粉畫 (zh), 水粉画 (zh) ‎(shuǐfěnhuà)
Finnish: guassi, guassimaalaus
French: gouache (fr) f

German: Gouache f, Guasch f
Japanese: ガッシュ ‎(gasshu)
Russian: гуа́шь (ru) f ‎(guášʹ)
Ukrainian: гуа́ш f ‎(huáš)

French

Etymology

from Italian guazzo ‎(“water paint, splash”)

Noun

gouache f ‎(plural gouaches)

gouache

Derived terms

gouacher