ébauche

== English == === Alternative forms === ebauche === Etymology === Borrowed from French ébauche, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“wood, thicket”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /eɪˈbəʊʃ/, /eɪˈbɔːʃ/ === Noun === ébauche (plural ébauches) A sketch. A maquette. The plates and bridges of an unfinished watch. === Further reading === ébauche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From early modern French esbauche (“the first form of a work of art, a proto-type”), deverbal of Middle French esbaucher (“to rough-hew, frame”), alteration (due to Middle French bauche (“beam, wooden crosspiece”)) of Old French esbosquier, esboskier (“to rough-hew beams”), from es- (“out”) + bosc (“wood, firewood”), from Frankish *busk (“wood, firewood”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“wood, thicket”). Cognate with Old French esbochier (“to prune grapes”), French bois (“wood”), bau (“crossbeam”). More at bush, balk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.boʃ/ === Noun === ébauche f (plural ébauches) draft (early version of a written work) === Verb === ébauche inflection of ébaucher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ébauche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012