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ébauche

ébauche

See also: ébauché

French

Noun

ébauche f ‎(plural ébauches)

  1. draft (early version of a written work)

Verb

ébauche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ébaucher
  2. third-person singular present indicative of ébaucher
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ébaucher
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of ébaucher
  5. second-person singular imperative of ébaucher

Etymology

From early modern French esbauche ‎(“the first form of a work of art, a proto-type”), deverbal of 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, firewood”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‎(“wood, thicket”). Cognate with Old French esbochier ‎(“to prune grapes”), French bois ‎(“wood”), bau ‎(“crossbeam”). More at bush, balk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.boʃ/

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