freckle
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freckle
- /ˈfɹɛkl̩/ UK
- /ˈfɹɛk(ə)l/ US
Rhymes with -ɛkəl
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Late Middle English fracle, frekel, frekle (“freckle; pimple; fleck of colour in a stone”), a variant of frakne, freken (“freckle; other skin blemish”) (whence frecken (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) freckle”)), from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Danish fregner, Swedish fräknar), an s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare Middle High German spreckel, dialectal Norwegian sprekla), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g-, *(s)pregʰ- (“to sprinkle, strew”). Doublet of spark, sprack, and spry.
The verb is derived from the noun.
cognates
* Albanian fruth (“measles”)
* Old English sprecel
noun freckles
- A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
- Any small spot which has a different colour from its background.
- A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
- The anus.
verb freckles · freckling · freckled
- To cover (someone; or something, such as the skin) with freckles (noun sense 1 and noun sense 2).
- To become covered with freckles.
Translations
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noun small pigmentation spot on the skin
| Español | peca, efélide, lentigo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주근깨 jugeunkkae |
| 日本語 | 雀斑 sobakasu, そばかす sobakasu |
| 中文 | 雀斑 quèbān, 斑點 /斑点 bāndiǎn |
| Português | sarda |
| Français | tache de rousseur |
| Deutsch | Sommersprosse |
| Italiano | lentiggine, efelide |
| Ελληνικά | φακίδα fakída |
| Română | pistrui |
| Русский | весну́шка vesnúška |
| Tiếng Việt | tàn nhang |
| العربية | نَمَش namaš |
| עברית | נֶמֶשׁ némesh |
noun any small spot
| Deutsch | Fleckchen |
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verb to cover (someone or something) with freckles
| Português | cobrir de sardas |
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verb to become covered with freckles
| Español | tener peca |
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title = {freckle},
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