appliqué

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See also: applique

English

Noun

appliqué (countable and uncountable, plural appliqués)

  1. Alternative spelling of applique

Verb

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 []

Adjective

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pli.ke/
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Participle

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

  1. past participle of appliquer

Adjective

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 appliquéesapplied mathematics

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