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gouache

/ɡuˈɑːʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
gouache
IPA
/ɡuˈɑːʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A painting made with this paint.

Countable

verb

To produce work in the gouache medium.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gouaches (plural) gouaches (present, singular) gouaching (participle, present) gouached (participle, past) gouached (past)

Frequently Paired Words

tempera oil paint India ink

Rhymes With

wash moustache quash stache ganache chuvash badmash

Questions

How do you pronounce gouache?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡuˈɑːʃ/.
What does gouache mean?
A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
Where does gouache come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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