pochade

English

Etymology

From French pochade.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɒˈʃɑːd/

Noun

pochade (plural pochades)

1. (art, theater) A rough sketch.
   • 2004, David Karel, André Biéler: at the Crossroads of Canadian Painting, page 115:

     In despair, he finally painted a pochade of people leaving the church of Saint-François, in the village of the same name.

   • 2008, Martin Gayford, The Yellow House, page 116:

     This painting was very small, not even a study but a pochade — no more than a first idea jotted down in paint.

Anagrams

• poached

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French pochade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʃad/

Noun

pochade f (plural pochades)

1. pochade

French

Etymology

From poch(er) +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʃad/

• Audio:

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Noun

pochade f (plural pochades)

1. pochade

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pochade.

Noun

pochade f (invariable)

1. a light comedy or sketch (theatrical)