pimple

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
2. (slang) An annoying person.
3. (Cockney, slang) Scotch (whisky)

Verb

To develop pimples.

Concepts

bouton

pustule

furoncle

acné

casse-couilles

bourgeon

eczma

bouton d’amour

Synonymes

boil

pustule

acne

spot

zit

papule

blister

blackhead

tumour

sore

blotch

lump

abscess

blemish

furuncle

hickey

carbuncle

tumor

wart

ulcer

rash

insect bite

blain

bud

eruption

growth

knob

nipple

swelling

pearl

oyster

🦪

mussel

body bloating

knot

🪢

itch

hives

doorknob

whelk

whelp

cyst

black-head

button

burl

papula

bump

small boil

smau sweuing

protuberance

Traductions

Pickel

grano

foruncolo

pukkel

puist

brufolo

espinha

puistje

espinilla

sivilce

σπυράκι

pustola

acne

Furunkel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pymple

Hérité de ancien anglais: *pipel

Appartenant à latin: papula

Appartenant à ancien anglais: pipliġende

In summary

Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).