moiré
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French moiré (“watered, clouded”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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, screenprinting, and halftoning.
- A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pattern
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Verb[edit]
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[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
moiré
- Alternative form of moaree
Declension[edit]
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. |
Further reading[edit]
- “moiré”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moiré (feminine moirée, masculine plural moirés, feminine plural moirées)
- (design, textiles) moiré, watered (effect)
- (figuratively) shimmering
Noun[edit]
moiré m (plural moirés)
- moiré, watered effect, clouded effect
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “moiré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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