freckle
A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skinA small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
» Tom doesn't have freckles.
У Тома нет веснушек.
У Тома немає веснянок.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
Sommersprosse
весну́шкаvesnúška
весня́нкаvesnjánka, ластови́нкаlastovýnka
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
Any small spot which has a different colour from its background.
Fleckchen
(Australia)A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
(Australia, slang)The anus.
Examples
65 sentencesTom doesn't have freckles.
У Тома немає веснянок.
ruУ Тома нет веснушек.
I don't have freckles.
У мене немає веснянок.
ruУ меня нет веснушек.
deIch habe keine Sommersprossen.
Tom doesn't have any freckles.
У Тома немає веснянок.
ruУ Тома нет веснушек.
deTom hat keine Sommersprossen.
Tom has freckles.
Том має веснянки.
ruУ Тома есть веснушки.
deTom hat Sommersprossen.
I have freckles.
У меня веснянки.
ruУ меня есть веснушки.
deIch habe Sommersprossen.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English fracle, frekel, frekle (“freckle; pimple; fleThe 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.
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