moquette

See also: moquetté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moquette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒˈkɛt/, /mə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

moquette (countable and uncountable, plural moquettes)

1. A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.
   • 1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:

     The interior colour scheme departs from the conventional L.T. red and green upholstery and matching paintwork, which has been replaced by a maroon and grey moquette with dove grey paint below the waist rail.

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 178:

     A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 270:

     You can buy a bag made out of Tube or bus seat moquette, or commission a sofa made in that moquette, so you can be sitting watching television on the same stuff you rode home from work on ... except that historical moquettes are what interest most people.

2. An article covered in such material.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.kɛt/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

moquette f (plural moquettes)

1. fitted carpet

Derived terms

• fumer la moquette

Descendants

• → English: moquette
• → Hijazi Arabic: موكيت (mōkēt)
• → Italian: moquette, mochetta
• → Persian: موکت (moket)
• → Romanian: mochetă
• → Spanish: moqueta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

moquette

1. inflection of moquetter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “moquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈkɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

moquette f (plural moquetti)

1. fitted carpet