macule

See also: maculé

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English macule, from Middle French macule and its etymon Classical Latin macula.[1] Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ækjuːl

Noun

macule (plural macules)

  1. A spot.
  2. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.

Derived terms

Verb

macule (third-person singular simple present macules, present participle maculing, simple past and past participle maculed)

  1. (printing) To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

References

  1. ^ “macule, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of maille, which was inherited.

Noun

macule f (plural macules)

  1. (rare and literary or sciences, astronomy, medicine, zoology) stain

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

macule

  1. inflection of maculer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Noun

macule f

  1. plural of macula

Middle English

Noun

macule

  1. alternative form of macula

Portuguese

Verb

macule

  1. inflection of macular:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

macule

  1. inflection of macular:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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