fleck

Meaning

Synonyms

spot
A2
speckle
speck
C2
dapple
flake
C2
blot
23k

maculation

scrap
C1
chip
B2
bit
A1
streak
C1
patch
B2
point
A1
blob
C2
dot
C1
fragment
C2
macula
macule
mark
A2
stigma
25k
mottle
mottling
particle
C1
frost
C1
piece
A2
comma
C2
brand
B2
slur
34k
smudge
20k
bespot
blister
24k
splash
C1
splotch
blip
20k
spottiness
stain
C1
punctum
stipple
blemish
32k
stria
bespeckle
tache
measles
C2
marking
C2
Translations

tache
mancha
Fleck
morceau
tacheter
manchar
fragment

bespikkelen

spikkel
mancha
point
moucheter
moucheture
macchia
Tupfen
Frequency

40k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flɛk/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
*flekk
Cognate with Middle English
flekked
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
vlek
Cognate with German
German
Fleck
Cognate with Swedish
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.

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