fleck

fleck

 (flĕk)

n.

1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.

2. A small bit or flake: a fleck of dandruff.

tr.v. flecked, fleck·ing, flecks

To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.

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[Probably from Middle English flekked, spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr, spot.]

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fleck

(flɛk)

n

1. a small marking or streak; speckle

2. a small particle; speck: a fleck of dust.

vb

(tr) Also: flecker to mark or cover with flecks; speckle

[C16: probably from Old Norse flekkr stain, spot; related to Old High German flec spot, plot of land]

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fleck

(flɛk)

n.

1. a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.

2. a spot or small patch of color, light, etc.

v.t.

3. to mark with flecks; spot; dapple.

[1350–1400; Middle English flekked spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr spot, streak, Old High German flec, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch vlecken to soil]

fleck′less, adj.

fleck′y, adj.

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fleck

- Of Scandinavian origin, it came from the adjective flecked, "spotted."

See also related terms for spotted.

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fleck

Past participle: flecked
Gerund: flecking

Imperative

fleck

fleck

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fleck - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" chip, scrap, bit, flake fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" exfoliation, scurf, scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts sliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
	2.	fleck - 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, speckle, 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.	fleck - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" blob, blot, spot stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface splotch - blotch or spot maculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" bespeckle, speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" bespatter, spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

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fleck

noun

1. mark, speck, streak, spot, dot, pinpoint, speckle His hair is dark grey with flecks of ginger.

verb

1. speckle, mark, spot, dust, dot, streak, dapple, stipple, mottle, variegate, bespeckle, besprinkle patches of red paint which flecked her blouse

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fleck

noun

A very small mark:

dash, dot, pinpoint, point, speck, spot.

verb

To mark with many small spots:

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

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Translations

بُقْعَه، نُقْطَه

skvrnazrníčko

plet

Fleck

particule

pötty

blettur; ögn

macchiolinachiazzare

krisleliskruopelytė

lāsumiņšplankumspunktiņš

beneknokta

微粒斑点雀斑

fleck

[flek]

A. N [of mud, paint, dust] → mota f; [of spit, foam] → salpicadura f; [of colour] → mota f
his eyes are green with flecks of gold → tiene los ojos verdes con motas doradas

B. VT → salpicar (with de) black flecked with white → negro moteado de blanco or con motas blancas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fleck

[ˈflɛk]

n

[dust] → particule f

[mud, paint, colour] → petite tache f, moucheture f

(in fabric) → moucheture f

vt → tacher, éclabousser
see also flecked

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fleck

n (of red etc) → Tupfen m; (of mud, paint) (= blotch) → Fleck(en) m; (= speckle) → Spritzer m; (of fluff, dust) → Teilchen nt, → Flöckchen nt

vt → sprenkeln; (with mud etc) → bespritzen; flecked wool → melierte Wolle; blue flecked with white → blau mit weißen Tupfen or Punkten, blau und weiß gesprenkelt; the sky was flecked with little clouds → der Himmel war mit Schäfchenwolken übersät

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fleck

[flɛk]

1. n (of mud, paint, colour) → macchiolina; (of dust) → granello

2. vt (with blood, mud) → macchiettare
brown flecked with white → marrone screziato di bianco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fleck

(flek) noun

a spot. a fleck of dust. spikkel بُقْعَه، نُقْطَه петънце partícula skvrna, zrníčko der Fleck plet στίγμα, μόριοmota kübe, tähn لکه pilkku particuleגרגר चित्ती mrlja pötty partikel, bintik blettur; ögn granello, particella 斑点 얼룩, 점 kruopelytė, krislelis plankums; lāsumiņš; punktiņš tompok vlekjeflekk, plett, fnuggpyłek, plamka داغ partícula pată крапинка; пылинка zrnko madež mrlja fläck, stänk จุด nokta, benek 微粒，斑點 пляма; цятка چھوٹا سا نشان، ذرّہ vết lốm đốm 微粒，斑点，雀斑

flecked adjective

marked with spots. a flecked pattern. gespikkelde مُنَقَّط на перънца pintadinho potečkovaný gesprenkelt plettet πιτσιλωτός, διάστικτοςmoteado täpiline لکه دار pilkullinen moucheté לְסַמֵן בִּכתָמִים धब्बेदार poprskan, šprican (materijal) pöttyös bintik-bintik blettaður chiazzato, punteggiato 斑点のある 얼룩(반점)이 있는 taškuotas plankumots; punktots bertompok gespikkeldflekket upstrzony, nakrapiany داغدار pintalgado cu pete (mici) крапчатый bodkovaný pikčast poprskan tačkama fläckig, prickig ที่มีจุด benekli 有斑點的 вкривати плямами, цятками داغدار lốm đốm 有斑点的

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