macle
English
noun
Definitions
- (mineral) Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
- (mineralogy) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
- (mineralogy) A twin crystal.
Etymology
Borrowed from French macle derived from Latin macula (stain, spot, blemish, mesh, fault), mascula.
Origin
Latin
mascula
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- macled English
- macula lutea English
- *mac(u)lātus, *maculatus Latin
- *macla Latin
- *maculata, *mac(u)lāta Latin
- macella Latin
- macula Latin
- maculipennis Latin
- maculithorax Latin
- maculiventris Latin
- maculosus Latin
- mascula Latin
- makula Hungarian
- macchietta Italian
- macula Italian
- macle French
- macule French
- maille French
- macla Spanish, Castilian
- mangla Spanish, Castilian
- mácula Spanish, Castilian
- *smh₁-tleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- macla Portuguese
- mácula Portuguese
- mágoa Portuguese
- macula Middle English
- maille Old French
- maquerel Old French
- makulo Esperanto
- màcula Catalan, Valencian
- mancha Galician
- mágoa Galician
- magl Welsh
- makel Middle High German
- *smatlo- Proto-Italic
- magle Friulian
- malha Old Occitan
- machja Corsican