Practice French

C1verb

esquisser

to sketch out, to outline briefly

Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.

« Le ministre a esquissé les grandes lignes de sa réforme. »

“The minister sketched out the broad outlines of his reform.”

In other languages

Related C1 words

empiéter sur · se soustraire à · s’accommoder de

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