macule

See also: maculé

English

Alternative forms

• mackle (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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.

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

• “macule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Caelum, almuce

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kyl/

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

Related terms

• immaculé
• maculer

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

• “macule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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