speckle

speck·le

 (spĕk′əl)

n.

A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.

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[Middle English spakle.]

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speck′le v.

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speckle

(ˈspɛkəl)

n

a small or slight mark usually of a contrasting colour, as on the skin, a bird's plumage, or eggs

vb

(tr) to mark with or as if with speckles

[C15: from Middle Dutch spekkel; see speck]

ˈspeckled adj

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speck•le

(ˈspɛk əl)

n., v. -led, -ling. n.

1. a small speck, spot, or mark.

2. speckled coloring or marking.

v.t.

3. to mark with or as if with speckles.

[1400–50; probably < Middle Dutch spekkel, akin to speck]

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speckle

Past participle: speckled
Gerund: speckling

Imperative

speckle

speckle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	speckle - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" dapple, maculation, patch, fleck, spot marking - a pattern of marks speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet
Verb	1.	speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" stipple dapple, mottle, cloud - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
	2.	speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" bespeckle blob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

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speckle

verb

To mark with many small spots:

bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper, speck, sprinkle, stipple.

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Translations

بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه

tečka

plet

Flecken

chatoiementtacheture

doppa, díll

chiazzaremacchiettarepuntino

raibumiņštraipiņš

зайчик

beneknokta

斑点

speckle

[ˈspekl]

A. N → punto m, mota f

B. VT → salpicar, motear (with de)

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speckle

n → Sprenkel m, → Tupfer m, → Tupfen m

vt → sprenkeln; to be speckled with something → mit etw gesprenkelt sein; to be speckled with brown → braun gesprenkelt sein

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speckle

(ˈspekl) noun

a little spot on a different-coloured background. The eggs were pale blue with dark green speckles. spikkel بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه петънце pinta tečka der Flecken plet πιτσιλιά, σημαδάκι pinta, mota, mancha täpp خال täplä tacheture, mouchetureנקודה चित्ती mrlja, pjegica folt bintik doppa, díll macchietta, puntino 小はん点 반점 dėmelė, taškelis traipiņš; raibumiņš bintik spikkelflekkcętka خال pinta pată mică; picăţele крапинка; пятнышко bodka pikica pegica fläck, stänk จุดด่าง benek, nokta 斑點 цяточка, плямочка جلد یا پرندے کے انڈے وغیرہ پر پڑی ہوئی کوئی بندکی vết lốm đốm 斑点

ˈspeckled adjective

marked with speckles. gespikkel مُرَقَّش пъстър sarapintado tečkovaný, kropenatý gesprenkelt plettet πιτσιλωτός moteado, con puntos täpiline täplikäs tacheté, moucheté מְנוּמָר चित्तीदार pjegav, šaren foltos berbintik-bintik doppóttur macchiettato 小はん点のある 반점이 있는 taškuotas raibs; raibumains berbintik-bintik gespikkeldflekket, fregnetcętkowany په خال سره نښانى كول sarapintado pă­tat; cu picăţele в крапинку; пятнистый bodkovaný pikast pegav fläckig, spräcklig ที่เป็นจุดด่าง benekli, çilli 有斑點的 крапчастий, плямистий بندکیاں یا دھبّے ڈالا ہوا có những đốm nhỏ 有斑点的

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