dessin
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dessin (plural dessins)
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dessin
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Deverbal from desseigner, dessigner, dessiner (influenced by Italian disegno). Doublet of dessein and design.
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dessin m (plural dessins)
- drawing
- Aussi modeste qu’habile, il n’était jamais content de ses dessins, lors même qu’ils avaient mérité les suffrages des connaisseurs.
- As modest as he was skilful, he was never happy with his drawings, even when they had won the approval of connoisseurs.
- design (pattern)
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- “dessin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.