freckle

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
2. Any small spot or discoloration.
3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
4. (Australia, slang) The anus.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with freckles.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.

Concepten

sproet

zomersproet

vlekje

Synoniemen

lentigo

mole

spot

speckle

birthmark

dot

mark

spotted

ephelis

pitted

mildew

speckled

melanism

heat-spot

stained

striped

tarnished

dotted

mottled

nevus

Vertalingen

tache de rousseur

Sommersprosse

lentiggine

peca

φακίδα

piga

sarda

çil

macchiolina

efelide

نمش

Fleckchen

benek

éphélide

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfɹɛkəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: freken

Verwant aan Faeröers: frøknur

Verwant aan Zweeds: fräknar

Verwant aan Deens: fregner

Verwant aan Oudengels: sprecel

Verwant aan Albanees: fruth

In summary

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.