ébaucher

Meaning

1. (transitive) to sketch, rough out (a plan, picture); to draft (a piece of writing)
2. (transitive) to start up (a conversation, friendship etc.)
3. (reflexive) to form, take shape
4. (reflexive) to open up, start up

Concepts

draft

outline

sketch

plot

portray

design

adumbrate

denote

depict

describe

distinguish

draught

draw

map out

mark

paint

pencil

📝

represent

rough

stub

sketch out

prepare a draft

bespeak

betoken

characterise

characterize

chart

💹

conceptualise

Synonyms

esquisser

tracer

indiquer

croquer

dépeindre

caractériser

dessiner

dessin

dresser

ébauche

griffonner

illustrer

laver

🧽

le

lever

marquer

peindre

pocher

👊

portrait

portraiturer

préparer

représenter

reproduire

souligner

charbonner

crayonner

délaver

gribouiller

pointiller

accentuer

prendre corps

accuser

brouillon

concevoir

créer

de

dégrossir

Translations

entwerfen

zeichnen

çizmek

skizzieren

ontwerpen

schetsen

esbozar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.bo.ʃe/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: bauche

Cognate with Old French: esbochier

Cognate with French: bois

In summary

From Middle French esbaucher (“to rough-hew, frame”), alteration (due to Middle French bauche (“beam, wooden crosspiece”)) of Old French esbosquier, esboskier (“to rough-hew beams”), from es- (“out”) + bosc (“wood, firewood”), from Frankish *bosk (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“wood, thicket”). Cognate with Old French esbochier (“to prune grapes”), French bois (“wood”), bau (“beam”). More at bush, balk.