Masculine
smet
- (feminine, masculine) a stain, a blemish
- (feminine, figuratively, masculine) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure
- (feminine, masculine, obsolete) infection
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/smɛt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz.
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