croquis

English

Croquis drawing of a woman

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

a quick and sketchy drawing

• German: flüchtige Skizze, grobe Skizze, schnelle Zeichnung
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Catalan

Etymology

From French croquis.

Noun

croquis m (invariable)

1. sketch

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, 2024
• “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.

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French

Etymology

From croquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.ki/

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Noun

croquis m (plural croquis)

1. sketch

Descendants

• → Catalan: croquis
• → Portuguese: croqui
• → Spanish: croquis

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquis.

Noun

croquis m (plural croquis)

1. A sketch

   Synonyms: esbozo, boceto, bosquejo