fleck

See also Fleck

English

Etymology

From Middle English flekked, from Old Norse flekka (“to spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

fleck (plural flecks)

1. A flake
2. A lock, as of wool.
3. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
   • Longfellow

     A sunny fleck.

   • Tennyson

     Life is dashed with flecks of sin.

Translations

flake — see flake

lock — see lock

small spot

• Bulgarian: петно (bg) (petno) n, точица (bg) (točica) m
• Czech: skvrna (cs) f
• Dutch: spikkel
• Finnish: täplä (fi), pilkku (fi)

• French: tache (fr) f
• German: Fleck (de) m
• Italian: puntino (it) m
• Norwegian: flekk (no) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: flocon, particule (1), moucheture
• German: Tupfen
• Italian: macchiolina f
• Portuguese: mancha (pt) f
• Spanish: mota f, salpicadura f

Verb

fleck (third-person singular simple present flecks, present participle flecking, simple past and past participle flecked)

1. (transitive) To mark with small spots

Translations

mark with small spots

• Bulgarian: изпъстрям (bg) (izpǎstrjam)
• Dutch: besprenkeln (nl), bespikkelen (nl)

• French: tacheter (fr), moucheter (fr)
• Portuguese: manchar (pt)