dapple

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.

Adj

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.

Verb

To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

Έννοιες

διαστίζω

παρδαλός

κηλίδα

βούλα

Συνώνυμα

spot

fleck

stipple

spatter

maculation

dot

dappled

mottle

speckle

pinto

cloud

☁️

patch

speck

blip

variegated

blot

brindled

dab

macula

macule

motley

piebald

pied

point

prickle

roan

Μεταφράσεις

tordo

moteado

motear

puanlı

manchar

tacheter

benekli

salpicar

beneklenmek

mancha

tache

habado

nuage

☁️

marmorisiert

beflecken

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˈdæpəɫ]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Uncertain. The adjective is first attested circa 1550 though the first element is already attested in dapple-grey as early as 1386, in Middle English, and later as dappled circa 1400; the OED suggests either:
* a back-formation from dapple-grey, itself a variant of apple-grey, compare possible cognates all said of horses: Old Norse apalgrár (whence Norwegian abildgrå and Swedish apel-grå), German apfelgrau. Compare also French pommelé (“dappled”), from pomme (“an apple”); or,
* a relation with Icelandic depill (“a dot, spot”).
The noun and verb are both later attested likely as back-formations.