Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) spot, place
  2. (feminine) bruise

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/plɛk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch plecke, from Old Dutch *plekka (“mark, spot, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Cognate with Middle Low German plecke (“spot, mark”), English pleck (“spot, place”). More at English pleck.

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