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tache

stain, spot

noun TAHSH Less Common

Usage Note

Tache (no accent) means a stain or spot, as in une tache de café (a coffee stain). It is frequently confused with tâche (with a circumflex), which means a task or chore — a classic learner trap. The adjective taché means stained. Faire tache figuratively means to look out of place, like a blot on the landscape.

Examples

"Il y a une tache sur ta chemise."

Natural Translation

There is a stain on your shirt.

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