appliquer

From applique +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ɚ/

appliquer (plural appliquers)

1. One who appliques.

Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Eventually replaced the inherited Old French applier, aploier.

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.ke/

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appliquer

1. (transitive) to apply, to put something on something else
2. (transitive) to apply, to employ, to make use of
3. (reflexive, ~ à) to apply to, to be applicable to
   1. (mathematics) to map to
4. (reflexive) to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself

• application

• “appliquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.