esquisser
French, verb/ɛs.ki.se/
esquisser is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquisser is a French verb meaning “to sketch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dessiner, prendre en esquisse”.
What does esquisser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sketch
- 2
to draft, outline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dessiner, prendre en esquisse. 2. Commencer sans approfondir, ébaucher sans poursuivre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esquisser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- esquissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- esquissé participle past
- esquisse first-person indicative present
- esquisses indicative present second-person
- esquissons first-person indicative plural
- esquissez indicative plural present
- esquissent indicative plural present
- esquissais first-person imperfect indicative
- esquissait imperfect indicative singular
- esquissions first-person imperfect indicative
- esquissiez imperfect indicative plural
- esquissaient imperfect indicative plural
- esquissai first-person historic indicative
- esquissas historic indicative past
- esquissa historic indicative past
- esquissâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquisser?
- /ɛs.ki.se/
- \ɛs.ki.se\
- [ɛs.ki.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esquisser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquisser in French?
esquisser appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).