speck

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

macchiolina

particella

chiazza

bruscolo

inclusione

macchietta

molecola

pizzico

particella subatomica

atomo

particella solida

grano

briciolo

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

partícula

Fleck

grano

Fleckchen

pit

semente

point

Korn

korrel

gra

grana

particule

zaadkorrel

grão

semilla

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/spɛk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: spekke

Ereditato da inglese antico: specca

Affine basso tedesco: spaken

Ereditato da inglese medio: spik

Ereditato da inglese antico: spic

Affine saterfriesisch: Späk

Affine olandese: spek

Affine tedesco: Speck

Affine islandese: 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”).