macule
French, noun
macule is spelled M-A-C-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macule is a French feminine noun meaning “stain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of maculer. With an accent, maculé is a different word: “past participle of maculer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tache”.
What does macule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerarestain
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of maculer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tache. 2. Tache visible par contraste sur un fond. 3. Tache obscure qu’on observe sur le disque du soleil. 4. Tache apparaissant pendant l’impression.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of macule
- macules plural
- maculée feminine
- maculés masculine plural
- maculées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is macule in French?
macule appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).