mole

Betekenis (Engels)

A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.

Sinonieme

birthmark

wart

breakwater

nevus

jetty

freckle

seawall

groin

scar

bulwark

pier

mol

blemish

spot

groyne

naevus

melanism

blotch

bamboo rat

spy

beauty spot

sea wall

beauty mark

musk-rat

counterspy

gram molecule

shrew

stain

Arvicola

Talpa micrura

genus Rhizomys

port-wine stain

common mole

croy

projecting pier

mold-warp

moldwarp

moldwerp

molworp

Northern mole

Mol

slepper

bank

🏦

beauty-spot

dam

dike

dormouse

dots

embankment

eyelid

Vertalings

taupe

topo

Maulwurf

mol

talpa

mole

toupeira

Mol

neo

Mole

talpa

ασπάλακας

talp

lunar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/məʊl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mole

Geërf van Old English: māl

Verwante met Skots: mail

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Moal

Verwante met Duits: -

Verwante met Goties: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻

Geërf van Middle English: molle

Verwante met Noord-Fries: mull

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: molle

Verwante met Nederlands: mol

Verwante met Nederduits: Mol

Verwante met Duits: Molch

Verwante met Russies: смолжь

Verwante met Tsjeggies: mlž

Verwante met Middle English: molewarpe

In summary

From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”).
Cognate with Scots mail (“spot, stain”), Saterland Frisian Moal (“scar”), German dialectal Meil (“spot, stain, blemish”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail, “spot, blemish”).