pochade

From French pochade.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒˈʃɑːd/

pochade (plural pochades)

1. (art, theater) A rough sketch.
   • 2004, David Karel, André Biéler: at the Crossroads of Canadian Painting, p. 115:

     In despair, he finally painted a pochade of people leaving the church of Saint-François, in the village of the same name.

   • 2008, Martin Gayford, The Yellow House, p. 116:

     This painting was very small, not even a study but a pochade — no more than a first idea jotted down in paint.

• poached

From French pochade.

• IPA^(key): /pɔʃad/

pochade f (plural pochades)

1. pochade

From poch(er) +‎ -ade.

• IPA^(key): /pɔʃad/

pochade f (plural pochades)

1. pochade

• “pochade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French pochade.

pochade f (invariable)

1. A light comedy or sketch (theatrical)