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English
Noun
appliqué (countable and uncountable, plural appliqués)
- Alternative spelling of applique
Verb
appliqué (third-person singular simple present appliqués, present participle appliquéing, simple past and past participle appliquéed or appliquéd)
- Alternative spelling of applique
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Adjective
appliqué (not comparable)
- (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
French
Pronunciation
Participle
appliqué (feminine appliquée, masculine plural appliqués, feminine plural appliquées)
- past participle of appliquer
Adjective
appliqué (feminine appliquée, masculine plural appliqués, feminine plural appliquées)
- diligent, industrious, hardworking, careful
- Synonyms: consciencieux, diligent, zélé
- applied
- Coordinate term: pur
- les mathématiques appliquées ― applied mathematics
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