moiré
English
Etymology
French moiré (“watered, clouded”)
Pronunciation
Noun
moiré (countable and uncountable, plural moirés)
- A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications such as in weaving and screenprinting.
- A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance.
Translations
pattern
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Verb
moiré (third-person singular simple present moirés, present participle moiréing, simple past and past participle moiréed)
- (transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
Anagrams
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
moiré
- moiré (fabric)
Declension
Inflection of moiré (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | moiré | moirét | ||
genitive | moirén | moiréiden moiréitten | ||
partitive | moiréta | moiréita | ||
illative | moiréhen | moiréihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | moiré | moirét | ||
accusative | nom. | moiré | moirét | |
gen. | moirén | |||
genitive | moirén | moiréiden moiréitten | ||
partitive | moiréta | moiréita | ||
inessive | moiréssa | moiréissa | ||
elative | moirésta | moiréista | ||
illative | moiréhen | moiréihin | ||
adessive | moirélla | moiréilla | ||
ablative | moirélta | moiréilta | ||
allative | moirélle | moiréille | ||
essive | moiréna | moiréina | ||
translative | moiréksi | moiréiksi | ||
abessive | moirétta | moiréitta | ||
instructive | — | moiréin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
moiré (feminine moirée, masculine plural moirés, feminine plural moirées)
- (design, textiles) moiré, watered (effect)
- (figuratively) shimmering
Noun
moiré m (plural moirés)
- moiré, watered effect, clouded effect
Further reading
- “moiré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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