different between macular vs facular

English

Etymology

macula +? -ar

Adjective

macular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
2. Having macules; spotted

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin macul?re.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.ku?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.ku?la?/

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, past participle maculat)

1. (transitive) to stain

   Synonym: tacar

Conjugation

Related terms

• màcula

Further reading

• “macular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “macular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “macular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “macular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin macul?re, present active infinitive of macul?. Doublet of manchar and magoar.

Verb

macular (first-person singular present indicative maculo, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to taint (to contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally)

   Synonyms: contaminar, corromper, infectar

Conjugation

Related terms

• mácula

Etymology 2

From mácula +? -ar

Adjective

macular m or f (plural maculares, comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (pertaining to the macula)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maku?la?/, [ma.ku?la?]

Etymology 1

From Latin macul?re.

Adjective

macular (plural maculares)

1. stained, tainted

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculé, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to stain

Conjugation

Etymology 2

mácula +? -ar

Adjective

macular (plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (relating to the macula)

Related terms

• mácula

Further reading

• “macular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

facula +? -ar

Adjective

facular (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the faculae.
   • 1873, Richard A. Proctor, The Borderland of Science: A Series of Familar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors

     While we were still far from the place of explosion , and intent on the study of the great facular waves which were passing swiftly beneath us , we suddenly heard a series of explosions so tremendous