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Webster 1913 Edition
Moire
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1.
Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
2.
A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces; moi`ré.
Moire antique
, a superior kind of thick moire.
Definition 2024
moiré
moiré
English
Noun
moiré (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).
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoɑreː/
- Hyphenation: moi‧ré
Alternative forms
Noun
moiré
- moiré (fabric)
Declension
| Inflection of moiré (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | moiré | moirét | |
| genitive | moirén | moiréiden moiréitten |
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| 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 | |
| instructive | — | moiréin | |
| abessive | moirétta | moiréitta | |
| comitative | — | moiréineen | |