dessin d'enfant

noun

A type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.

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Meanings

noundessin d'enfant (plural dessins d'enfant)

plural dessins d'enfant

  1. mathematicsA type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.

    Synonyms: dessin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.

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dessin

Origin

  1. Frenchdessin d'enfant“child's drawing”
  2. Englishdessin d'enfant

Borrowed from French dessin d'enfant (“child's drawing”).

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dessin d'enfant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessin%20d'enfant

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“dessin d'enfant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessin%20d'enfant. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dessin d'enfant,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessin%20d'enfant.

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