mottled

English

Etymology

1670-80 mottle +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: mǒt' ld, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑt əld/

Adjective

mottled (comparative more mottled, superlative most mottled)

1. Colored in patches; spotted

   The mottled skin of the snake was a camouflage that helped it blend in with the shadows.

Derived terms

• mottled duck

Translations

spotted

• Czech: strakatý (cs)
• Dutch: gevlekt (nl)
• Finnish: täplikäs, läiskikäs
• French: tacheté (fr), marbré (fr)
• Galician: pinto (gl) m, pinta f
• German: gesprenkelt (de), gefleckt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαλιός (baliós), ποικίλος (poikílos)

• Irish: ballach
• Maori: tarare, tāingoingo, kōrangorango, tawatawa

• Portuguese: malhado (pt), manchado
• Russian: пятни́стый (ru) (pjatnístyj), кра́пчатый (ru) (krápčatyj), пёстрый (ru) (pjóstryj)
• Slovak: fľakatý, strakatý
• Spanish: moteado (es), manchado (es)
• Swedish: fläckig (sv)
• Tagalog: batik-batik
• Turkish: benekli (tr)

Verb

mottled

1. simple past tense and past participle of mottle