moiré
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French moiré (“watered, clouded”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moiré (countable and uncountable, plural moirés)
- A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning.
- A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance.
Derived terms
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Verb
[edit]moiré (third-person singular simple present moirés, present participle moiréing, simple past and past participle moiréed)
- (transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moiré
- Alternative form of moaree
Declension
[edit]Inflection of moiré (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | moiré | moirét | |
genitive | moirén | moiréiden moiréitten | |
partitive | moiréta | moiréita | |
illative | moiréhen | moiréihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | moiré | moirét | |
accusative | nom. | moiré | moirét |
gen. | moirén | ||
genitive | moirén | moiréiden moiréitten | |
partitive | moiréta | moiréita | |
inessive | moiréssa | moiréissa | |
elative | moirésta | moiréista | |
illative | moiréhen | moiréihin | |
adessive | moirélla | moiréilla | |
ablative | moirélta | moiréilta | |
allative | moirélle | moiréille | |
essive | moiréna | moiréina | |
translative | moiréksi | moiréiksi | |
abessive | moirétta | moiréitta | |
instructive | — | moiréin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “moiré”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moiré (feminine moirée, masculine plural moirés, feminine plural moirées)
- (design, textiles) moiré, watered (effect)
- (figuratively) shimmering
Noun
[edit]moiré m (plural moirés)
- moiré, watered effect, clouded effect
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “moiré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- English lemmas
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- Rhymes:Finnish/oɑreː
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with É
- Finnish terms spelled with ◌́
- Finnish rosé-type nominals
- French terms suffixed with -é
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- French lemmas
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