🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desenhista

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de-ze-ˈɲiʃ-tɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Draughtsman/ˈdrɑːfts.mən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15420 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O desenhista trabalhou arduamente no projeto estrutural."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who makes detailed technical plans or drawings for buildings, machinery, or other structures.

    "The senior draughtsman prepared the final architectural blueprints for the new municipal center."
  2. 2

    A person who plays the game of checkers (draughts).

    "He was renowned in the village as a brilliant draughtsman, rarely losing a single match."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English words 'draught' (from Old English 'dræht', related to 'draw') and 'man'. Historically evolved to describe someone whose profession is the making of technical drawings, plans, and designs for architecture or engineering.

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