デッサン

Japanese
デッサン (dessan): a drawing of Raphael, used as a study for creating the Alba Madonna painting.

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessin (“a sketch, a drawing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) デ​ッサン [déꜜssàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [de̞sːã̠ɴ]

Noun

デッサン • (dessan) 

  1. a sketch, a line drawing, especially as a study or draft for a later work

Usage notes
  • The terms スケッチ (suketchi), クロッキー (kurokkī), and 素描 (sobyō) refer to a drawing made in a relatively short period of time that roughs in the main points.
  • デッサン (dessan) often refers more specifically to a line drawing intended as a draft or study for a later picture, carving, sculpture, or other artwork.
  • 素描 (sobyō) can also be used more figuratively to describe a rough overview of things in general.
  • 下絵 (shitae, literally “under-picture”) refers to a draft for a drawing or painting.

Synonyms

Verb

デッサンする • (dessan suru) transitive suru (stem デッサンし (dessan suru shi), past デッサンした (dessan suru shita))

  1. to sketch or draw something, especially as a study or draft for a later work
    果(くだ)物(もの)をデッサンする
    kudamono o dessan suru
    to draw a sketch of fruit

Usage notes
  • The terms スケッチ (suketchi), クロッキー (kurokkī), and 素描 (sobyō) refer to a drawing made in a relatively short period of time that roughs in the main points.
  • デッサン (dessan) refers more specifically to a line drawing intended as a draft for a later picture, carving, sculpture, or other artwork.
  • 素描 (sobyō) can also be used more figuratively to describe a rough overview of things in general.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "デッサンする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") デッサンし dessan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") デッサンし dessan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") デッサンする dessan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") デッサンする dessan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") デッサンすれ dessan sure
Meireikei ("imperative") デッサンせよ¹
デッサンしろ²		 dessan seyo¹
dessan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive デッサンされる dessan sareru
Causative デッサンさせる
デッサンさす		 dessan saseru
dessan sasu
Potential デッサンできる dessan dekiru
Volitional デッサンしよう dessan shiyō
Negative デッサンしない dessan shinai
Negative continuative デッサンせず dessan sezu
Formal デッサンします dessan shimasu
Perfective デッサンした dessan shita
Conjunctive デッサンして dessan shite
Hypothetical conditional デッサンすれば dessan sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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