speckle
A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliageA small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
» This is a large speckled brown egg.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
Fleck, Sprenkel
пятнышкоpjatnyško, крапинкаkrapinka
(countable, uncountable)The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
(Scotland, countable, uncountable)Kind; sort.
(countable, uncountable)A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.
- a small contrasting part of something
Examples
4 sentencesThis is a large speckled brown egg.
I have a black and white speckled dog.
deIch habe einen schwarzweiß gefleckten Hund.
The black-and-white speckled cover of the classic composition notebook is timeless.
The black-and-white speckled cover of the classic school notebook is timeless.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the latThe noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.
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Forms
plural: specklesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a small contrasting part of something:spotdapplepatchfleckmaculation
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable