tache
1
9.9
- noun
- /tæʃ/
- Archaic
:
mancha
- She noticed a small tache on the wall where the sun had faded the paint.
Examples
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The old wooden table had a dark tache that marked where a cup had been placed too many times.
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There was a tiny tache of paint on the floor after he finished his artwork.
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She doesn't like my tache, but my upper lip's got a birth mark on it.
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Notice too the polysemy of the word "tache," which means (blood) stain but also a touch of color in paintings.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
468
1.0
A visible line, spot, scratch, or stain on a surface
224
1.4
A mark that makes something a different color and is hard to remove
66
1.3
A very small spot or amount of something
30
1.9
A dirty mark on something that makes it look untidy
24
4.3
A very small spot that stands out on a surface
15
3.9
A small mark that spoils the look of skin or an object
14
4.1
A messy mark left on a surface by a substance
8
2.7
A small mark often made by ink or dirt
3
4.8
A large uneven mark of color or dirt on a surface
3
3.4
A small spot of a different color on a surface
1
8.4
A small patch of a different color on something
1
1.1
A mark on something made by wet mud
A small spot on a surface showing an imperfection
A dark patch of ink from a spill or a smudge
A dirty mark that spoils the look of clothing or fabric
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tache comes from French tache, which means a 'stain' or 'spot', and so in English it names a small mark or stain on a surface.