different between moquette vs maquette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moquette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??k?t/, /m?(?)?k?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

moquette (countable and uncountable, plural moquettes)

1. A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating etc.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 178:

     A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]
2. An article covered in such material.

French

Noun

moquette f (plural moquettes)

1. fitted carpet

Verb

moquette

1. first-person singular present indicative of moquetter
2. third-person singular present indicative of moquetter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of moquetter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of moquetter
5. second-person singular imperative of moquetter

Further reading

• “moquette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

moquette f (plural moquetti)

1. fitted carpet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k?t/

Noun

maquette (plural maquettes)

1. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
   • 2009, Joe Fig, Inside the Painter's Studio (page 51)

     And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me […]

Translations

Verb

maquette (third-person singular simple present maquettes, present participle maquetting, simple past and past participle maquetted)

1. (art, transitive, intransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of).

French

Etymology

From Italian macchietta (“speck, little spot”), diminutive of macchia (“spot”), ultimately from Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.k?t/

Noun

maquette f (plural maquettes)

1. model, mock-up

Derived terms

• maquettiste

Descendants

• ? Catalan: maqueta
• ? English: maquette
• ? German: Maquette, Makette
• ? Greek: ?????? (makéta)
• ? Portuguese: maquete, maqueta
• ? Romanian: machet?

Further reading

• “maquette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).