easel

Significat (Anglès)

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

Conceptes

cavallet

Sinònims

support

bench

workbench

trestle

prop

tressle

stand

tripod

drawing bench

sawhorse

drawing desk

three-legged stand

sketchpad

Traduccions

Staffelei

chevalet

cavalletto

cavalete

ezel

🫏

caballete

schildersezel

rek

καβαλέτο

schraag

établi

bastidor

bank

bok

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈiː.z(ə)l/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Dutch ezel (“donkey; easel”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus (“young ass or small donkey”), diminutive of asinus (“ass, donkey”), ultimately from an unknown source in Asia Minor. Essentially, the stand that a painting is placed on is being likened to a donkey carrying a burden; compare horse (“a frame with legs used to support something”), as in clotheshorse and sawhorse.