noun, masculine/de.sɛ̃/plural: dessins
drawing (act of drawing); drawing (drawn picture); design (pattern)
“C'est dur de se remettre au dessin, à mon âge, quand on n'a jamais fait d'autres tentatives que celle d'un boa fermé et celle d'un boa ouvert, à l'âge de six ans !” — It is hard to take up drawing again at my age, when I have never made any pictures except those of the boa constrictor from the outside and the boa constrictor from the inside, since I was six.
Deverbal from desseigner, dessigner, dessiner (influenced by Italian disegno). Doublet of dessein and design.