speck

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
2. A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
3. A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

Verb

To mark with specks; to speckle.

Sinonieme

spot

dot

point

grain

speckle

stain

particle

fleck

blot

mote

jot

pip

smear

blemish

bit

mark

granule

smirch

splotch

trace

slur

soupcon

pinpoint

pinch

blur

hint

tinge

sully

touch

sperm

smudge

smut

seed

semen

corpuscle

mottle

molecule

atom

mite

besmirch

macula

moil

spark

dots

dit

discrepancy

blubber

besmear

dirtiness

degrade

Vertalings

macchiolina

partícula

Fleck

semente

korrel

grão

Fleckchen

point

Korn

gra

grana

particule

pit

zaadkorrel

grano

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/spɛk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: spekke

Geërf van Old English: specca

Verwante met Nederduits: spaken

Geërf van Middle English: spik

Geërf van Old English: spic

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Späk

Verwante met Nederlands: spek

Verwante met Duits: Speck

Verwante met Yslands: spik

In summary

From Middle English spekke, from Old English specca (“small spot, stain”), from the same ultimate source as Proto-Germanic *sprakô (“spark”). Cognate with Low German spaken (“to spot with wet”).