pochade
English
Etymology
From French pochade.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒˈʃɑːd/
Noun
pochade (plural pochades)
- (art, theater) A rough sketch.
- 2004, David Karel, André Biéler: at the Crossroads of Canadian Painting, p. 115:
- In despair, he finally painted a pochade of people leaving the church of Saint-François, in the village of the same name.
- 2008, Martin Gayford, The Yellow House, p. 116:
- This painting was very small, not even a study but a pochade — no more than a first idea jotted down in paint.
- 2004, David Karel, André Biéler: at the Crossroads of Canadian Painting, p. 115:
Anagrams
- poached
Catalan
Etymology
From French pochade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʃad/
Noun
pochade f (plural pochades)
- pochade
French
Etymology
From poch(er) + -ade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.ʃad/
Audio (file)
Noun
pochade f (plural pochades)
- pochade
Further reading
- “pochade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pochade.
Noun
pochade f (invariable)
- a light comedy or sketch (theatrical)