macule

Other forms of macule

plural

macules·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about macule

What does macule mean?

macule means "a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases".

How many syllables are in macule?

macule has 3 syllables: ma-cu-le. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for macule?

Close synonyms include macula. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is macule a common word?

macule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.