Sfocate

Sfocate is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective sfocato, meaning out of focus or blurred. It is used to describe plural feminine nouns that lack sharpness due to defocusing, improper focus, or motion blur. The term is part of standard Italian vocabulary and is commonly found in discussions of photography, cinematography, and image description.

In practice, sfocate appears in phrases such as immagini sfocate or fotografie sfocate, referring to multiple blurred images, as well as in contexts like una scena sfocata to describe a single blurred scene (sfocata is the feminine singular form). The form sfocate specifically corresponds to feminine plural nouns.

Grammatical notes emphasize that sfocate agrees with feminine plural nouns. The corresponding forms for gender and number are sfocato (masculine singular), sfocata (feminine singular), and sfocati (masculine plural). This adjective is typically used attributively or predicatively, and it is not commonly used as a standalone noun.

Etymologically, sfocate derives from the verb sfocare, meaning to blur or to render out of focus, and is related to the noun sfocatura, which denotes the blur or smearing effect in images. The term is frequently encountered in technical writing, camera manuals, and descriptive prose that involves visual quality.

Notes: While sfocate is primarily a grammatical form, it functions as a standard descriptor in Italian. It is distinct from sfocate in other languages and does not constitute a separate concept beyond its usage to describe blurred visuals.