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desen
drawing /deˈsen/
noun#2511 most common
Also: sketch, design, picture
Example sentences
Acesta este un desen.
This is a drawing.
Copilul face un desen frumos.
The child is making a beautiful drawing.
Am pus desenul pe frigider.
I put the drawing on the fridge.
Copiilor le plac desenele animate de sâmbătă dimineața.
Children like the cartoons on Saturday morning.
Inginerul a verificat desenul tehnic înainte de a începe construcția.
The engineer checked the technical drawing before starting construction.
Expoziția reunește desenele în cărbune pe care artista le-a realizat în perioada interbelică.
The exhibition brings together the charcoal drawings the artist made during the interwar period.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | desenul | desenele |
| Genitive | desenului | desenelor |
| Accusative | desenul | desenele |
| Vocative | desenule | desenelor |
Word family
a desenato draw
desenatordraftsman, illustrator
desenatdrawn; animated (as in desene animate, cartoons)desenarethe act of drawing
Etymology
Desen entered Romanian from French dessin, meaning drawing or sketch. French dessin itself descends from Italian disegno, which traces back to Latin designare, formed from de- and signare, to mark. The word arrived in Romanian during the nineteenth century, part of a large wave of French borrowings that reshaped Romanian vocabulary for art, science, and modern life.
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