Wiktionary

macule

See also: maculé

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle French macule, from Latin macula. Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis.

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Noun

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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.

Verb

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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.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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macule f (plural macules)

  1. (rare and literary or sciences, astronomy, medicine, zoology) stain
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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macule

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

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Italian

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Noun

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macule f

  1. plural of macula

Middle English

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Noun

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macule

  1. Alternative form of macula

Portuguese

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Verb

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macule

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

Spanish

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Verb

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macule

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