fleck

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A flake.
2. A lock, as of wool.
3. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
4. A small amount.

Verb

To mark (something) with small spots.

Concepts

tache

fragment

morceau

tacheter

bout

🔚

moucheture

point

moucheter

tacher

démolition

petite tache

oeuvre inachevée

déchirage

bribe

copeau

éclat

flocon

particule

peu

puce

Synonymes

spot

speckle

speck

dapple

flake

blot

maculation

scrap

chip

bit

streak

patch

point

blob

dot

fragment

macula

macule

mark

stigma

mottle

mottling

particle

frost

piece

comma

brand

slur

smudge

bespot

blister

splash

splotch

blip

spottiness

stain

punctum

stipple

blemish

stria

bespeckle

tache

measles

marking

Traductions

mancha

Fleck

mancha

spikkel

manchar

bespikkelen

besprenkeln

macchiolina

sporcare

Tupfen

Stückchen

puntino

pezzetto

macchia

Splitter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flɛk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: *flekk

Appartenant à moyen anglais: flekked

Appartenant à néerlandais: vlek

Appartenant à allemand: Fleck

Appartenant à suédois: fläck

In summary

From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.