gouacher

French

Etymology

gouache +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.ʃe/

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Verb

gouacher

1. (art) to paint with gouache

Conjugation

Conjugation of gouacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gouacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gouachant /ɡwa.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gouaché /ɡwa.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gouache /ɡwaʃ/	gouaches /ɡwaʃ/	gouache /ɡwaʃ/	gouachons /ɡwa.ʃɔ̃/	gouachez /ɡwa.ʃe/	gouachent /ɡwaʃ/
	imperfect	gouachais /ɡwa.ʃɛ/	gouachais /ɡwa.ʃɛ/	gouachait /ɡwa.ʃɛ/	gouachions /ɡwa.ʃjɔ̃/	gouachiez /ɡwa.ʃje/	gouachaient /ɡwa.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	gouachai /ɡwa.ʃe/	gouachas /ɡwa.ʃa/	gouacha /ɡwa.ʃa/	gouachâmes /ɡwa.ʃam/	gouachâtes /ɡwa.ʃat/	gouachèrent /ɡwa.ʃɛʁ/
	future	gouacherai /ɡwaʃ.ʁe/	gouacheras /ɡwaʃ.ʁa/	gouachera /ɡwaʃ.ʁa/	gouacherons /ɡwaʃ.ʁɔ̃/	gouacherez /ɡwaʃ.ʁe/	gouacheront /ɡwaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gouacherais /ɡwaʃ.ʁɛ/	gouacherais /ɡwaʃ.ʁɛ/	gouacherait /ɡwaʃ.ʁɛ/	gouacherions /ɡwa.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	gouacheriez /ɡwa.ʃə.ʁje/	gouacheraient /ɡwaʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gouache /ɡwaʃ/	gouaches /ɡwaʃ/	gouache /ɡwaʃ/	gouachions /ɡwa.ʃjɔ̃/	gouachiez /ɡwa.ʃje/	gouachent /ɡwaʃ/
	imperfect2	gouachasse /ɡwa.ʃas/	gouachasses /ɡwa.ʃas/	gouachât /ɡwa.ʃa/	gouachassions /ɡwa.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	gouachassiez /ɡwa.ʃa.sje/	gouachassent /ɡwa.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gouache /ɡwaʃ/	—	gouachons /ɡwa.ʃɔ̃/	gouachez /ɡwa.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “gouacher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.