"dessin" meaning in French

See dessin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /de.sɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-dessin.ogg Forms: dessins [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from desseigner, dessigner, dessiner (influenced by Italian disegno). Doublet of dessein and design. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|fr|desseigner}} Deverbal from desseigner, {{der|fr|it|disegno}} Italian disegno, {{doublet|fr|dessein|design}} Doublet of dessein and design Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} dessin m (plural dessins)
  1. drawing (act of drawing) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dessin-fr-noun-2n4ln7m1 Categories (other): French deverbals, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French deverbals: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 48 12
  2. drawing (drawn picture) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dessin-fr-noun-5ra2F~hA Categories (other): French deverbals, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French deverbals: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 48 12
  3. design (pattern) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dessin-fr-noun-~09HH4Ou Categories (other): French deverbals, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French deverbals: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 48 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dessin animé

Inflected forms

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        {
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            "1": "ota",
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            "bor": "1",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
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      "text": "→ Romanian: desen"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: dezen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: dezen"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Italian disegno",
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          "ref": "1943, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, chapter IV, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 20:",
          "text": "C’est dur de se remettre au dessin, à mon âge, quand on n’a jamais fait d’autres tentatives que celle d’un boa fermé et celle d’un boa ouvert, à l’âge de six ans !",
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          "english": "As modest as he was skilful, he was never happy with his drawings, even when they had won the approval of connoisseurs.",
          "text": "Aussi modeste qu’habile, il n’était jamais content de ses dessins, lors même qu’ils avaient mérité les suffrages des connaisseurs.",
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دسن (desen), دهسن (desen)\nTurkish: desen"
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        "plural"
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    }
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          "ref": "1943, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, chapter IV, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 20:",
          "text": "C’est dur de se remettre au dessin, à mon âge, quand on n’a jamais fait d’autres tentatives que celle d’un boa fermé et celle d’un boa ouvert, à l’âge de six ans !",
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