drawing

English

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/
(US, cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
(intrusive R) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔːɹɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ (with intrusive R)

Etymology 1

From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw +‎ -ing.

Verb

drawing

present participle of draw

Etymology 2

From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +‎ -ing.

Noun

drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
  Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
- 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 50:
  While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
(uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
The process of drawing or pulling something.
Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
A small portion of tea for steeping.
- 1853, Alice Cary, Clovernook:
  […] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.

Alternative forms

dwg (abbreviation)

Derived terms

drawing board
drawing office
ledger drawing
ledger drawing
life drawing
life drawing
out of drawing
poker drawing
schematic drawing
technical drawing
working drawing

Related terms

draft
drawer
drawn work

Translations

picture, likeness, diagram or representation

Albanian: vizatim (sq) m
Arabic: رَسْم‎ (ar) m (rasm)
Armenian: նկար (hy) (nkar)
Asturian: dibuxu m
Azerbaijani: rəsm (az)
Belarusian: малю́нак m (maljúnak), чарцёж m (čarcjóž)
Bulgarian: рису́нка (bg) f (risúnka), черте́ж (bg) m (čertéž)
Catalan: dibuix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖畫／图画 (zh) (túhuà), 圖片／图片 (zh) (túpiàn)
Czech: kresba (cs) f, nákres m
Danish: tegning (da) c
Dutch: tekening (nl)
Esperanto: desegnaĵo
Estonian: joonistus
Ewe: nutata
Finnish: piirros (fi), piirustus (fi)
French: dessin (fr) m
Galician: debuxo (gl) m
Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva), ნახატი (naxaṭi)
German: Zeichnung (de) f, Bild (de) n
Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio), σχεδίασμα (el) n (schedíasma)
Hindi: चित्र (hi) f (citra)
Hungarian: rajz (hu)
Italian: disegno (it) m
Japanese: 絵 (ja) (え, e), 素描 (ja) (そびょう, sobyō), 図画 (ja) (ずが, zuga)
Kazakh: сурет (kk) (suret)
Khmer: គំនូរ (km) (kumnuu), រូបភាព (ruup pʰiep), គំនូស (km) (kumnuuh)
Korean: 그림 (ko) (geurim)
Kyrgyz: сурөт (suröt), чийме (ky) (çiyme)
Lao: ຮູບພາບ (hūp phāp), ຮູບແຕ້ມ (hūp tǣm)
Latin: imago, descriptio (la), forma (la), designatio
Latvian: zīmējums m
Lithuanian: piešinys m
Luxembourgish: Zeechnung
Macedonian: цр́теж m (cŕtež)
Maori: tātuhi
Mirandese: dezeinho
Mongolian: зураг (mn) (zurag)
Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tegning m or f
Nynorsk: teikning f
Persian: رسم‎ (fa) (rasm)
Polish: rysunek (pl) m
Portuguese: desenho (pt)
Romanian: desen (ro) n, desenare (ro) f
Russian: рису́нок (ru) m (risúnok), (draft, design, diagram) чертёж (ru) m (čertjóž), карти́нка (ru) f (kartínka) диагра́мма (ru) f (diagrámma), (diagram) схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma), (design)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цртеж m
Latin: crtež (sh) m
Shor: қаас (qaas)
Sinhalese: චිත්‍රය (citraya)
Slovak: kresba f
Slovene: risba (sl) f
Southern Altai: јурук (ǰuruk)
Spanish: dibujo (es) m, esquema (es) m, croquis (es) m
Swahili: mchoro (sw)
Swedish: ritning (sv) c, teckning (sv) c
Tajik: расм (tg) (rasm)
Tamil: ஓவியம் (ta) (ōviyam), படம் (ta) (paṭam), கீறல் (ta) (kīṟal)
Thai: รูปภาพ (th) (rûup-pâap)
Tibetan: རི་མོ (ri mo)
Turkish: çizim (tr), resim (tr)
Turkmen: çyzuw
Ukrainian: рису́нок (uk) m (rysúnok), малю́нок (uk) m (maljúnok), кре́слення n (kréslennja)
Uzbek: rasm (uz)
Vietnamese: hình vẽ, hình họa

act of producing a picture

Armenian: նկարչություն (hy) (nkarčʿutʿyun)
Asturian: dibuxu m
Belarusian: малюва́ння n (maljuvánnja)
Bulgarian: рисуване (bg) n (risuvane), чертане (bg) n (čertane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繪圖／绘图 (zh) (huìtú)
Czech: kresba (cs) f
Dutch: tekenen (nl) n
Esperanto: desegnado
Estonian: joonistamine
Ewe: nutata
Finnish: piirtäminen (fi)
Galician: debuxo (gl) m
Greek: σχεδίαση (el) f (schedíasi)
Latin: graphidis scientia
Macedonian: цр́тање n (cŕtanje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tegning m or f
Nynorsk: teikning f
Portuguese: desenhação f
Romanian: desenare (ro) f, desenat (ro) n
Russian: рисова́ние (ru) n (risovánije), (drafting) черче́ние (ru) m (čerčénije)
Slovene: risanje n
Spanish: dibujar (es)
Swahili: mchoro (sw)
Ukrainian: малюва́ння n pl (maljuvánnja)

graphic art form

Armenian: նկարչություն (hy) (nkarčʿutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: tekenen (nl) n, tekenkunst
Esperanto: desegnado
Finnish: piirustus (fi)
French: dessin (fr) m
Galician: deseño
Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva)
German: Zeichnen (de) n
Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio)
Japanese: デッサン (dessan), ドローイング (dorōingu)
Latin: graphis
Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tegning m or f
Nynorsk: teikning f
Polish: rysunek (pl) m
Portuguese: desenho (pt) m
Romanian: desen (ro) n
Russian: рисова́ние (ru) n (risovánije)
Spanish: dibujo (es) m
Swahili: mchoro (sw)

action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw

Albanian: short (sq) m
Bulgarian: теглене (bg) n (teglene)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抽籤／抽签 (zh) (chōuqiān)
Finnish: nostoarvonta
French: pige (fr) f
German: Auslosung (de) f, Ziehung (de) f
Greek: κλήρωση (el) f (klírosi)
Japanese: 抽選 (ja) (ちゅうせん, chūsen)
Khmer: ឆ្នោត (km) (cnaot)
Latin: lineamenta, adumbratio
Macedonian: ждре́пка f (ždrépka), тира́ж (tiráž)
Polish: losowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: sorteio (pt) m
Romanian: tragere (ro) f
Russian: жеребьёвка (ru) (žerebʹjóvka), ро́зыгрыш (ru) m (rózygryš)
Spanish: sorteo (es) m, rifa (es) f
Swahili: mchoro (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} gambar (id), ^{(please verify)} lukisan (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} dearadh m
Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} sárgun
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} kresba f

Anagrams

Wingard, warding