drawing

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• Received-Pronunciation, traditional: /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/
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• /ˈdɹoː.ɹɪŋ/ Standard Southern British, intrusive R
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From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw + -ing.

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.

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vizatim — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Southern Altai: јурук (ǰuruk) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Southern Altai: чертёж (čertyož) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Southern Altai: билдӱр (bildür) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Arabic: رَسْم (rasm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Armenian: նկար (nkar) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Asturian: dibuxu — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Azerbaijani: rəsm — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Belarusian: малю́нак (maljúnak) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Belarusian: чарцёж (čarcjóž) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Bulgarian: рису́нка (risúnka) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Bulgarian: черте́ж (čertéž) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Catalan: dibuix — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Chinese Mandarin: 圖畫 /图画 (túhuà) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Chinese Mandarin: 圖片 /图片 (túpiàn) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Czech: kresba — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Czech: nákres — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Danish: tegning — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Dutch: tekening — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Esperanto: desegnaĵo — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Estonian: joonistus — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Ewe: nutata — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Finnish: piirros — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Finnish: piirustus — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• French: dessin — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Galician: debuxo — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Georgian: ნახატი (naxaṭi) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• German: Zeichnung — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• German: Bild — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Greek: σχέδιο (schédio) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Greek: σχεδίασμα (schedíasma) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Hindi: चित्र (citra) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Hindi: रेखाचित्र (rekhācitra) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Hungarian: rajz — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Italian: disegno — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Japanese: 絵 (e) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Japanese: 素描 (sobyō) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Japanese: 図画 (zuga) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Kazakh: сурет (suret) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Khmer: គំនូរ (kumnuu) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Khmer: រូបភាព (ruup phiəp) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Khmer: គំនូស (kumnuuh) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Korean: 그림 (geurim) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Korean: 소묘 (somyo) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Korean: 도화 (dohwa) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Kyrgyz: сурөт (suröt) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Kyrgyz: чийме (ciyme) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Lao: ຮູບພາບ (hūp phāp) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Lao: ຮູບແຕ້ມ (hūp tǣm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Latin: imago — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Latin: descriptio — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Latin: forma — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Latin: designatio — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Latvian: zīmējums — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Lithuanian: piešinys — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Luxembourgish: Zeechnung — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Macedonian: цр́теж (cŕtež) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Māori: tātuhi — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Marathi: चित्र (citra) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Mirandese: dezeinho — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Mongolian: зураг (zurag) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Norwegian Bokmål: tegning — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teikning — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Nuosu: ꑴꁱ (yip bbur) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Dari: رَسْم (rasm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Dari: تَصْوِیر (taswīr) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Iranian Persian: رَسْم (rasm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Iranian Persian: تَصْویر (tasvir) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Polish: rysunek — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Portuguese: desenho — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Romanian: desen — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Romanian: desenare — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Russian: рису́нок (risúnok) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Russian: чертёж (čertjóž) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Russian: карти́нка f диагра́мма (kartínka) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Russian: схе́ма (sxéma) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Serbo-Croatian: цр́теж — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Serbo-Croatian: cŕtež — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Shor: қаас (qaas) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Sinhalese: චිත්රය (citraya) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Slovak: kresba — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Slovene: risba — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Spanish: dibujo — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Spanish: esquema — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Spanish: croquis — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Swahili: mchoro — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Swedish: ritning — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Swedish: teckning — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Tajik: расм (rasm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Tamil: ஓவியம் (ōviyam) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Tamil: படம் (paṭam) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Tamil: கீறல் (kīṟal) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Thai: รูปภาพ (rûup-pâap) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Tibetan: རི་མོ (ri mo) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Turkish: çizim — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Turkish: resim — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Turkmen: çyzuw — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Udmurt: суред (sured) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Ukrainian: рису́нок (rysúnok) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Ukrainian: малю́нок (maljúnok) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Ukrainian: кре́слення (kréslennja) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Urdu: تَصْوِیر (tasvīr) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Urdu: رَسْم (rasm) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Uyghur: رەسىم (resim) — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Uzbek: rasm — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Vietnamese: hình vẽ — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Vietnamese: hình họa — picture, likeness, diagram or representation
• Arabic: رَسْم (rasm) — act of producing a picture
• Armenian: նկարչություն (nkarčʻutʻyun) — act of producing a picture
• Asturian: dibuxu — act of producing a picture
• Belarusian: малява́нне (maljavánnje) — act of producing a picture
• Belarusian: малява́ньне (maljavánʹnje) — act of producing a picture
• Belarusian: рысава́нне (rysavánnje) — act of producing a picture
• Belarusian: рысава́ньне (rysavánʹnje) — act of producing a picture
• Bulgarian: рису́ване (risúvane) — act of producing a picture
• Bulgarian: черта́не (čertáne) — act of producing a picture
• Chinese Mandarin: 繪圖 /绘图 (huìtú) — act of producing a picture
• Czech: kresba — act of producing a picture
• Czech: kreslení — act of producing a picture
• Dutch: tekenen — act of producing a picture
• Esperanto: desegnado — act of producing a picture
• Estonian: joonistamine — act of producing a picture
• Ewe: nutata — act of producing a picture
• Finnish: piirtäminen — act of producing a picture
• Galician: debuxo — act of producing a picture
• Greek: σχεδίαση (schedíasi) — act of producing a picture
• Hindi: चित्रण (citraṇ) — act of producing a picture
• Latin: graphidis scientia — act of producing a picture
• Macedonian: цр́тање (cŕtanje) — act of producing a picture
• Marathi: चित्रकला (citraklā) — act of producing a picture
• Norwegian Bokmål: tegning — act of producing a picture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teikning — act of producing a picture
• Portuguese: desenhação — act of producing a picture
• Romanian: desenare — act of producing a picture
• Romanian: desenat — act of producing a picture
• Russian: рисова́ние (risovánije) — act of producing a picture
• Russian: черче́ние (čerčénije) — act of producing a picture
• Slovak: kresba — act of producing a picture
• Slovak: výkres — act of producing a picture
• Slovene: risanje — act of producing a picture
• Spanish: dibujar — act of producing a picture
• Swahili: uchoraji — act of producing a picture
• Turkish: çizme — act of producing a picture
• Ukrainian: малюва́ння (maljuvánnja) — act of producing a picture
• Ukrainian: кре́слення (kréslennja) — act of producing a picture
• Armenian: նկարչություն (nkarčʻutʻyun) — graphic art form
• Dutch: tekenen — graphic art form
• Dutch: tekenkunst — graphic art form
• Esperanto: desegnado — graphic art form
• Finnish: piirustus — graphic art form
• French: dessin — graphic art form
• Galician: deseño — graphic art form
• Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva) — graphic art form
• German: Zeichnen — graphic art form
• Greek: σχέδιο (schédio) — graphic art form
• Japanese: デッサン (dessan) — graphic art form
• Japanese: ドローイング (dorōingu) — graphic art form
• Latin: graphis — graphic art form
• Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ — graphic art form
• Norwegian Bokmål: tegning — graphic art form
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teikning — graphic art form
• Polish: rysunek — graphic art form
• Portuguese: desenho — graphic art form
• Romanian: desen — graphic art form
• Russian: рисова́ние (risovánije) — graphic art form
• Spanish: dibujo — graphic art form
• Swahili: mchoro — graphic art form
• Albanian: short — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Bulgarian: те́глене (téglene) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽籤 /抽签 (chōuqiān) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Czech: rozlosování — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Esperanto: loterio — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Finnish: nostoarvonta — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• French: pige — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• German: Auslosung — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• German: Ziehung — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Greek: κλήρωση (klírosi) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Japanese: 抽選 (chūsen) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Khmer: ឆ្នោត (chnaot) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Korean: 추첨 (chucheom) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Latin: lineamenta — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Latin: adumbratio — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Macedonian: ждре́пка (ždrépka) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Macedonian: тира́ж (tiráž) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Polish: losowanie — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Portuguese: sorteio — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Romanian: tragere — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Russian: жеребьёвка (žerebʹjóvka) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Russian: ро́зыгрыш (rózygryš) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Spanish: sorteo — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Spanish: rifa — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Swahili: mchoro — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Ukrainian: жеребкува́ння (žerebkuvánnja) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
• Ukrainian: ро́зіграш (rózihraš) — action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw