different between drawing vs croquis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.(w)??(?)/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /?d??.??(?)/
• (intrusive R) IPA^(key): /?d?????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????
• Rhymes: -????? (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *dragan? (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Verb

drawing

1. present participle of draw

Etymology 2

From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Noun

drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)

1. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
2. (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
3. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
4. The process of drawing or pulling something.

   Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.

5. An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
6. A small portion of tea for steeping.

Alternative forms

• dwg (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• drawing board
• technical drawing

Related terms

• draft
• drawer
• drawn work

Translations

See also

• sketch
• drafter
• draftsman

Anagrams

• Wingard, warding

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquis.

Noun

croquis (plural croquis)

1. (art) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From French croquis.

Noun

croquis m (plural croquis)

1. sketch

Derived terms

• croquisar

Further reading

• “croquis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “croquis” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “croquis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “croquis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From croquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ki/

Noun

croquis m (plural croquis)

1. sketch

Descendants

• ? Catalan: croquis
• ? English: croquis
• ? Portuguese: croqui
• ? Spanish: croquis

Further reading

• “croquis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquis.

Noun

croquis m (plural croquis)

1. a sketch

   Synonyms: esbozo, boceto, bosquejo