Grammatical class
Noun
dessin
drawing
Details
Syllables
des-sin
Phonetics
de.sɛ̃
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
1536
Freq. (movies)
2409
Freq. (news)
5842
Sentences
Quel beau dessin !
What a beautiful drawing!
Regarde ce dessin.
Look at that drawing.
Elle fait un dessin.
She is drawing a picture.
Donne ce dessin à Tom.
Give Tom this picture.
J'aime ce dessin.
I like this drawing.
Son fils lui fit un beau dessin.
His son drew him a beautiful drawing.
Je suis mauvais en dessin.
I'm poor at drawing.
Bravo ! Tu as joliment réalisé ce dessin.
Well done! You have drawn this picture nicely.
Tom arracha une page de son carnet à dessin.
Tom ripped a page out of his sketch book.
Le dessin de l'artiste a été réalisé au fusain.
The artist's drawing was drawn with charcoal.
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.