applique

See also: appliqué

English

Detail of an appliqué by Venancio Restrepo, from Panama.

Alternative forms

• appliqué

Etymology

Borrowed from French appliqué.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpliː.keɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.plɪˈ.keɪ/, /ˈæ.plɪ.keɪ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

applique (countable and uncountable, plural appliques)

1. (art) A decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.
   • 1980, “Quiche Lorraine”, in Wild Planet, performed by The B-52's:

     Has anybody seen a dog dyed dark green / […] / And designer jeans with appliques on it?

Derived terms

• Hawaiian applique

Translations

decorative design

• Catalan: aplicació (ca) f
• Finnish: applikointi (fi), applikaatio (fi)
• French: appliqué inversé m
• German: Applike f, Applikation (de) f
• Indonesian: aplikasi (id)
• Kazakh: бастырма (bastyrma)
• Latvian: aplikācija f
• Maori: tui tāpiripiri
• Polish: aplika f, aplikacja (pl) f
• Russian: апплика́ция (ru) f (applikácija)
• Spanish: aplique (es) m

Verb

applique (third-person singular simple present appliques, present participle appliqueing, simple past and past participle appliqued)

1. (transitive, art) To decorate something in this way.

Translations

to decorate in this way

• Finnish: applikoida, applisoida
• German: applizieren (de)
• Spanish: decorar con apliques

Further reading

• appliqué on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Deverbal from appliquer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

applique f

1. (art) Any type of decoration applied or mounted to another object.
2. wall light, sconce

   Synonym: applique murale

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: аплик (aplik)
• → Catalan: aplic
• → German: Applike
• → Greek: απλίκα (aplíka)
• → Spanish: aplique
• → Swedish: applick
• → Turkish: aplik

Verb

applique

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

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

applique f (invariable)

1. wall light

Portuguese

Verb

applique

1. inflection of applicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative