easel

English

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Etymology

1596, from Dutch ezel (“easel”), originally  (“donkey”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Latin asinus (“donkey”); from the comparison of a donkey carrying a burden and putting a painting on a wooden stand.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈi.zəl/
• Rhymes: -iːzəl

Noun

An easel

easel (plural easels)

1. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist’s canvas.
   • 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books

     Three sons … three! And not one sees fit to throw in with the old man. No … we have an easel painter, a stuntman, and a … a …

Translations

upright frame for displaying or supporting something

• Arabic: حامل (ar) (Haamil) m
• Bulgarian: статив (bg) (stativ) m
• Catalan: cavallet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑板架 (cmn) (hēibǎn jià), 畫架 (cmn), 画架 (cmn) (huàjià)

• Cornish: margh skrifa (kw) m
• Czech: podstavec (cs) m
• Danish: staffeli (da) n
• Dutch: schildersezel (nl) m, ezel (nl) m
• Finnish: fläppitaulu (fi), (for painting) maalausteline (fi)
• French: chevalet (fr) m
• Galician: cabalete (gl) m
• German: Staffelei (de) f
• Greek: καβαλέτο (el) (kavaléto) n
• Hungarian: festőállvány (hu)
• Ido: tresto (io)

• Italian: cavalletto (it) m
• Japanese: 画架 (ja) (がか, gaka), イーゼル (ja) (īzeru)
• Korean: 화가 (ko) (hwaga) (畫架)
• Latvian: molberts (lv) m
• Lithuanian: molbertas (lt) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: staffeli (no) n

  Nynorsk: staffeli (nn) n

• Polish: sztaluga (pl) f
• Portuguese: cavalete (pt) m
• Romanian: șevalet (ro) n
• Russian: мольберт (ru) (mol'bért) m, подставка (ru) (podstávka) f
• Samogitian: muolberts m
• Spanish: caballete (es) m, atril (es) m
• Swedish: staffli (sv) n
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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