speckle

English

Etymology

The noun is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛkəl/

Noun

speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)

1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
2. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
3. (Scotland) Kind; sort.
4. (cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus

Derived terms

• speckled
• speckly

Translations

small spot

• Finnish: pilkku (fi)
• German: Fleck (de) m, Sprenkel (de) m
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• Greek: στίγμα (el) n (stígma), κηλίδα (el) f (kilída)
• Russian: пятнышко (ru) n (pjatnyško), крапинка (ru) f (krapinka)

physics: random distribution of scattered light

• Finnish: epäkoherentti sironta
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Verb

speckle (third-person singular simple present speckl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle speckled)

1. To mark with speckles.

Translations

to mark with speckles

• Finnish: täplittää
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• Russian: крапить (ru) impf (krapitʹ)