tache

Meaning

1. blot, stain or smear
2. spot; more or less stain-like mark of a different color
3. blotch, mark
4. moral depravation
5. annoying or despicable person

Concepts

spot

stain

blot

fleck

smear

smudge

blotch

smirch

splotch

dirt

patch

blob

macula

slur

mark

red stain

dapple

daub

soil

speck

speckle

dent

stigma

taint

blur

maculation

blemish

task

work

become stained

semence

sunspot

blind spot

blood

🩸

brand

contamination

defect

ding

disgrace

double

doubling

filth

flaw

gouge

grease

grime

grunge

job

line

macule

nick

phage plaque

smut

splash

splodge

stamp

birthmark

tare

Synonyms

souillure

point

tavelure

contamination

tacher

défaut

marque

trace

macule

salissure

tacheture

pâté

peu

graisse

saleté

sang

🩸

flocon

doublement

terre

bavure d’encre

travail

double

tache rouge

petite tache

rature

blot

stigmate

tache solaire

tare

devoir

disgrace

grunge

tache du soleil

tache de couleur

meurtrissure

moucheture

ordure

🗑️

particule

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: tache

Inherited from Old French: tache

Cognate with Frankish: *stakjan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐍃

Cognate with Old High German: zeihhan

Cognate with Old English: tācn

In summary

Inherited from Middle French tache, from Old French tache, taiche, taje (“mark, spot, stain”), from Vulgar Latin *tacca, *tecca, from Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns, “mark, sign”), from Proto-Germanic *taiknaz, *taikną (“sign, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Influenced by forms related to Frankish *stakjan, *stakkijan (“to stick, attach”) and Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐍃 (staks, “mark”). See attacher. For levelling and shortening of diphthong ai in taikns compare Old French hanter, hangart, etc. Cognate with Old High German zeihhan (“sign, symbol, feature”), Old English tācn (“sign, marker”). More at token.