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.

Translations

flake — see flake

lock — see lock

small spot

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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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

Dutch: besprenkeln (nl), bespikkelen (nl) French: tacheter (fr), moucheter (fr)

Portuguese: manchar (pt)