drawing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹoː.wɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• (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

1. present participle and gerund of draw

Etymology 2

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

Noun

drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)

1. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
   • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, 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.

2. (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
3. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
4. The process of drawing or pulling something.

   Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.

5. 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.
6. 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
• droodle
• indrawing
• ledger drawing
• life drawing
• line drawing
• microdrawing
• out of drawing
• poker drawing
• schematic drawing
• subdrawing
• technical drawing
• toothdrawing
• underdrawing
• working drawing

 

Related terms

• draft
• drawer
• drawnwork

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) f
• 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) m (citra), रेखाचित्र (hi) m (rekhācitra)
• 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 phiəp), គំនូស (km) (kumnuuh)
• Korean: 그림 (ko) (geurim), 소묘(素描) (ko) (somyo), 도화(圖畫) (dohwa)
• Kyrgyz: сурөт (suröt), чийме (ky) (ciyme)
• 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
• Marathi: चित्र n (citra)
• Mirandese: dezeinho
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: зураг (mn) (zurag)

• Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tegning m or f

  Nynorsk: teikning f

• Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim)
• 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: цр́теж m

  Roman: cŕtež (sh) m

• Shor: қаас (qaas)
• Sinhalese: චිත්‍රය (citraya)
• Slovak: kresba f
• Slovene: risba (sl) f
• Southern Altai: јурук (ǰuruk), чертёж (čertyož)
• 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)
• Urdu: تَصْوِیر (ur) f (tasvīr), رَسْم f (rasm)
• Uyghur: رەسىم (resim)
• Uzbek: rasm (uz)
• Vietnamese: hình vẽ, hình họa

act of producing a picture

• Armenian: նկարչություն (hy) (nkarčʻutʻyun)
• Asturian: dibuxu m
• Belarusian: малюва́ння n (maljuvánnja)
• Bulgarian: рису́ване (bg) n (risúvane), черта́не (bg) n (čertáne)
• 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)
• Marathi: चित्रकला f (citraklā)
• 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: uchoraji (sw)
• Turkish: çizme (tr)
• Ukrainian: малюва́ння n pl (maljuvánnja)

graphic art form

• Armenian: նկարչություն (hy) (nkarčʻutʻyun)
• 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 (gl)
• Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva)
• German: Zeichnen (de) n
• Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio)
• Japanese: デッサン (ja) (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: те́глене (bg) n (téglene)
• 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) (chnaot)
• 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

See also

• sketch
• drafter
• draftsman
• drawing room (shortened from withdrawing)

Anagrams

• Wingard, warding