applique
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Detail of an appliqué by Venancio Restrepo, from Panama.
See also: appliqué
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French appliqué.
Pronunciation
Noun
applique (countable and uncountable, plural appliques)
- (art) A decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.
- 1980, “Quiche Lorraine”, in Wild Planet, performed by The B-52's:
- Has anybody seen a dog dyed dark green / […] / And designer jeans with appliques on it?
Derived terms
Translations
decorative design
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Verb
applique (third-person singular simple present appliques, present participle appliqueing, simple past and past participle appliqued)
- (transitive, art) To decorate something in this way.
Translations
to decorate in this way
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Further reading
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
applique f
- (art) Any type of decoration applied or mounted to another object.
- wall light, sconce
- Synonym: applique murale
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: аплик (aplik)
- → Catalan: aplic
- → German: Applike
- → Greek: απλίκα (aplíka)
- → Spanish: aplique
- → Swedish: applick
- → Turkish: aplik
Verb
applique
- inflection of appliquer:
Further reading
- “applique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
applique f (invariable)
Portuguese
Verb
applique
- inflection of applicar: