appliqué

appliqué (countable and uncountable, plural appliqués)

1. Alternative spelling of applique

appliqué (third-person singular simple present appliqués, present participle appliquéing, simple past and past participle appliquéed or appliquéd)

1. Alternative spelling of applique
   • 2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days:

     Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

appliqué (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of a red blood cell infected by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, assuming a form in which the early trophozoite of Plasmodium falciparum parasitises the marginal portion of the red blood cell, appearing as if the parasite has been “applied”.

   Synonym: accolé

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.ke/

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appliqué (feminine appliquée, masculine plural appliqués, feminine plural appliquées)

1. past participle of appliquer

appliqué (feminine appliquée, masculine plural appliqués, feminine plural appliquées)

1. diligent, industrious, hardworking, careful

   Synonyms: consciencieux, diligent, zélé

2. applied

   Coordinate term: pur

   les mathématiques appliquées ― applied mathematics

• “appliqué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.