"freckle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɛkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: freckles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkəl Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|freken}} Middle English freken, {{m|enm|frekel}} frekel, {{der|en|non|freknur||g=p}} Old Norse freknur pl, {{cog|fo|frøknur}} Faroese frøknur, {{cog|sv|fräknar}} Swedish fräknar, {{cog|da|fregner}} Danish fregner, {{cog|ang|sprecel}} Old English sprecel, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sprekalą||freckle}} Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”), {{m|no|sprekla}} sprekla, {{m|gmh|spreckel}} spreckel, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sp(h)er(e)g-||to strew, sprinkle}} Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”), {{cog|sq|fruth||measles}} Albanian fruth (“measles”), {{m|en|spark}} spark, {{l|en|spry}} spry, {{l|en|sprack}} sprack Head templates: {{en-noun}} freckle (plural freckles)
  1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. Translations (small pigmentation spot on the skin): ἔφηλις (éphēlis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), نَمَش (namaš) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), نمش (namaš) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine, plural] (Arabic), պեպեն (pepen) (Armenian), çil (Azerbaijani), һипкел (hipkel) (Bashkir), orin (Basque), вясну́шка (vjasnúška) [feminine] (Belarusian), луничка (lunička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пі́стріґ (pístrig) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), piga [feminine] (Catalan), 雀斑 (quèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 斑點 (Chinese Mandarin), 斑点 (bāndiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲣϣⲁⲛ (aršan) [masculine] (Coptic), sepkil (Crimean Tatar), piha [feminine] (Czech), fregne [common-gender] (Danish), sproet [common-gender] (Dutch), lentugo (Esperanto), tedretähn (Estonian), tedretäht (Estonian), frøkna [feminine] (Faroese), kesakko (Finnish), pisama (Finnish), teerenpilkku (Finnish), tache de rousseur [feminine] (French), çil (Gagauz), lentixa [feminine] (Galician), lantinxa [feminine] (Galician), marxa [feminine] (Galician), penca [feminine] (Galician), ჭორფლი (č̣orpli) (Georgian), Sommersprosse [feminine] (German), φακίδα (fakída) [feminine] (Greek), נמש (nemesh) [masculine] (Hebrew), szeplő (Hungarian), frekna [feminine] (Icelandic), lentigino (Ido), bintik (Indonesian), breicne [feminine] (Irish), lentiggine (Italian), 雀斑 (sobakasu) (alt: そばかす) (Japanese), そばかす (sobakasu) (Japanese), севг (sevg) (Kalmyk), секпіл (sekpıl) (Kazakh), អាចម៍រុយ (ʼac ruy) (Khmer), 주근깨 (jugeunkkae) (Korean), сепкил (sepkil) (Kyrgyz), lentigo [feminine] (Latin), lenticula [feminine] (Latin), vasaras raibums [masculine] (Latvian), strazdana [feminine] (Lithuanian), Speechelen (Luxembourgish), лу́ничка (lúnička) [feminine] (Macedonian), ᠮᡝᡵᠰᡝᠨ (mersen) (Manchu), сэвх (sevx) (Mongolian), сепкил (sepkil) (Nogai), tav'lîn [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), fregne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), frekne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tessèla [feminine] (Occitan), چل (çyl) (Ottoman Turkish), کک و مک (kak-o-mak) (Persian), pieg [masculine] (Polish), sarda (Portuguese), pistrui [masculine] (Romanian), весну́шка (vesnúška) [feminine] (Russian), breac-sheunain (Scottish Gaelic), пега (Serbo-Croatian), пјега (Serbo-Croatian), pega [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pjega [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), peha [feminine] (Slovak), pega [feminine] (Slovene), peca [feminine] (Spanish), fräkne [common-gender] (Swedish), pekas (Tagalog), сипкел (sipkel) (Tatar), กระ (grà) (Thai), གྲོ་ཐིག (gro thig) (Tibetan), སྨེ་ཐིག (sme thig) (Tibetan), نمش (nmæċ) (Tunisian Arabic), çil (Turkish), sepgil (Turkmen), секпил (sekpil) (Tuvan), весня́нка (vesnjánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sepkil (Uzbek), tàn nhang (Vietnamese), feelid (Volapük), brych [masculine] (Welsh), sbot haf [masculine] (Welsh), эбир (ebir) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-noun-Hupw7j5f Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 26 23 11 11 Disambiguation of 'small pigmentation spot on the skin': 82 9 7 2
  2. Any small spot or discoloration. Translations (any small spot): täplä (Finnish), pilkku (Finnish), marxa [feminine] (Galician), Fleckchen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-noun-~WcsHfKG Disambiguation of 'any small spot': 16 71 9 3
  3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Skin
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-noun-oqyI4HZp Disambiguation of Skin: 23 7 30 14 13 13 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 9 27 15 15 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 26 23 11 11
  4. (Australia, slang) The anus. Tags: Australia, slang
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-noun-TO8onq6H Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 26 23 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ephelis, lentigo Derived forms: a hair past a freckle, banana freckle, smelly freckle Coordinate_terms: beauty mark, dirt, sun kiss

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɛkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: freckles [present, singular, third-person], freckling [participle, present], freckled [participle, past], freckled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkəl Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|freken}} Middle English freken, {{m|enm|frekel}} frekel, {{der|en|non|freknur||g=p}} Old Norse freknur pl, {{cog|fo|frøknur}} Faroese frøknur, {{cog|sv|fräknar}} Swedish fräknar, {{cog|da|fregner}} Danish fregner, {{cog|ang|sprecel}} Old English sprecel, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sprekalą||freckle}} Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”), {{m|no|sprekla}} sprekla, {{m|gmh|spreckel}} spreckel, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sp(h)er(e)g-||to strew, sprinkle}} Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”), {{cog|sq|fruth||measles}} Albanian fruth (“measles”), {{m|en|spark}} spark, {{l|en|spry}} spry, {{l|en|sprack}} sprack Head templates: {{en-verb}} freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)
  1. (transitive) To cover with freckles. Tags: transitive Translations (cover with freckles): 有雀斑 (yǒu quèbān) (note: no such verb exists) (Chinese Mandarin), 長雀斑 (Chinese Mandarin), 长雀斑 (zhǎng quèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), pisamoittaa (english: skin) (Finnish), täplittää (english: anything else) (Finnish), lentiginigar (Ido), cobrir de sardas (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-verb-k2e8Belq Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 26 23 11 11 Disambiguation of 'cover with freckles': 83 17
  2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles. Tags: intransitive Translations (become covered with freckles): 有雀斑 (yǒu quèbān) (note: no such verb exists) (Chinese Mandarin), 長雀斑 (Chinese Mandarin), 长雀斑 (zhǎng quèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), pisamoitua (english: skin) (Finnish), täplittyä (english: anything else) (Finnish), lentigineskar (Ido), tener peca (Spanish), གྲོ་ཐིག་ཐོན (gro thig thon) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-freckle-en-verb-Z2RlCWra Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 26 23 11 11 Disambiguation of 'become covered with freckles': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: freckled, freckleface, freckly

Inflected forms

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      },
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      },
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          "text": "Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane",
          "text": "The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, \"Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!\" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face."
        }
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        "A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "namaš",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "نَمَش"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "namaš",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
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            "masculine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "نمش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "aeb",
          "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
          "roman": "nmæċ",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "نمش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pepen",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "պեպեն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "çil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "hipkel",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "һипкел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "orin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjasnúška",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вясну́шка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lunička",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "луничка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "pístrig",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пі́стріґ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quèbān",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "雀斑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "斑點"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bāndiǎn",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "斑点"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "aršan",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ⲁⲣϣⲁⲛ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "sepkil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fregne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sproet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "lentugo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "tedretähn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "tedretäht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frøkna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "kesakko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "pisama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "teerenpilkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tache de rousseur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gag",
          "lang": "Gagauz",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "çil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentixa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lantinxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "penca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣orpli",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "ჭორფლი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sommersprosse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fakída",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "φακίδα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "éphēlis",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἔφηλις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nemesh",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "נמש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "szeplő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frekna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "lentigino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "bintik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "breicne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "lentiggine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "alt": "そばかす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sobakasu",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "雀斑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sobakasu",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "そばかす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "sevg",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "севг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sekpıl",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "секпіл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼac ruy",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "អាចម៍រុយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jugeunkkae",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "주근깨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sepkil",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "сепкил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lenticula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vasaras raibums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strazdana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "Speechelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lúnička",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лу́ничка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "mersen",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "ᠮᡝᡵᠰᡝᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sevx",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "сэвх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "sepkil",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "сепкил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tav'lîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fregne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frekne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tessèla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çyl",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "چل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kak-o-mak",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "کک و مک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pieg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "sarda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pistrui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vesnúška",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "весну́шка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "breac-sheunain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "пега"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "пјега"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pjega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fräkne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "pekas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "sipkel",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "сипкел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "กระ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gro thig",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "གྲོ་ཐིག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sme thig",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "སྨེ་ཐིག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "çil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "sepgil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "sekpil",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "секпил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vesnjánka",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "весня́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "sepkil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "tàn nhang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "feelid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brych"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sbot haf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 9 7 2",
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "ebir",
          "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
          "word": "эбир"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Any small spot or discoloration."
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          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "discoloration",
          "discoloration"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 71 9 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any small spot",
          "word": "täplä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 71 9 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any small spot",
          "word": "pilkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 71 9 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any small spot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 71 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any small spot",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Fleckchen"
        }
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          "name": "Australian English",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "22 8 26 23 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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          "_dis": "23 7 30 14 13 13",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Skin",
          "orig": "en:Skin",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands."
      ],
      "id": "en-freckle-en-noun-oqyI4HZp",
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        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
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        [
          "flattish",
          "flattish"
        ],
        [
          "mound",
          "mound"
        ],
        [
          "chocolate",
          "chocolate"
        ],
        [
          "hundreds and thousands",
          "hundreds and thousands"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The anus."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "anus"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Australia, slang) The anus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɛkəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkəl"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ephelis"
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      "word": "lentigo"
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frekel"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "3": "freknur",
        "4": "",
        "g": "p"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "frøknur"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fräknar"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fräknar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fregner"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fregner",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sprecel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sprecel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sprekalą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "freckle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "sprekla"
      },
      "expansion": "sprekla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "spreckel"
      },
      "expansion": "spreckel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sp(h)er(e)g-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to strew, sprinkle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "fruth",
        "3": "",
        "4": "measles"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spark"
      },
      "expansion": "spark",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spry"
      },
      "expansion": "spry",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sprack"
      },
      "expansion": "sprack",
      "name": "l"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "freckling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freckled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freckled",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "To cover with freckles."
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        "(transitive) To cover with freckles."
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          "word": "pisamoittaa"
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          "sense": "cover with freckles",
          "word": "cobrir de sardas"
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        "To become covered with freckles."
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        "(intransitive) To become covered with freckles."
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          "sense": "become covered with freckles",
          "word": "lentigineskar"
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
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          "sense": "become covered with freckles",
          "word": "tener peca"
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gro thig thon",
          "sense": "become covered with freckles",
          "word": "གྲོ་ཐིག་ཐོན"
        }
      ]
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      "word": "dirt"
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      "word": "sun kiss"
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      "word": "a hair past a freckle"
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      "word": "banana freckle"
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          "ref": "c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane",
          "text": "The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, \"Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!\" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face."
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        "A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin."
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      "glosses": [
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          "spot"
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          "discoloration"
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        "A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands."
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      ],
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        "Australia"
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        "English slang"
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      "glosses": [
        "The anus."
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          "anus"
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        "(Australia, slang) The anus."
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      "word": "ephelis"
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      "word": "lentigo"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "namaš",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "نَمَش"
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        "plural"
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      "code": "aeb",
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      "roman": "nmæċ",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "نمش"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pepen",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "պեպեն"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "çil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "hipkel",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "һипкел"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "orin"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjasnúška",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вясну́шка"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lunička",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луничка"
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      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "pístrig",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пі́стріґ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quèbān",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "斑點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāndiǎn",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "斑点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "aršan",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⲁⲣϣⲁⲛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "sepkil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piha"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fregne"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sproet"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "lentugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "tedretähn"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "tedretäht"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frøkna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "kesakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "pisama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "teerenpilkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tache de rousseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "çil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lantinxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣orpli",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "ჭორფლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sommersprosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fakída",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φακίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "éphēlis",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἔφηλις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nemesh",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נמש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "szeplő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frekna"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "lentigino"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "bintik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "breicne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "lentiggine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そばかす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sobakasu",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sobakasu",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "そばかす"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "sevg",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "севг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sekpıl",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "секпіл"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼac ruy",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "អាចម៍រុយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jugeunkkae",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "주근깨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sepkil",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "сепкил"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenticula"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vasaras raibums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strazdana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "Speechelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lúnička",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́ничка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "mersen",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "ᠮᡝᡵᠰᡝᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sevx",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "сэвх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "sepkil",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "сепкил"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tav'lîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fregne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frekne"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tessèla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çyl",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "چل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kak-o-mak",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "کک و مک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "sarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pistrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesnúška",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "весну́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "breac-sheunain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "пега"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "пјега"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pega"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pjega"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pega"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fräkne"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "pekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "sipkel",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "сипкел"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "กระ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gro thig",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "གྲོ་ཐིག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sme thig",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "སྨེ་ཐིག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "çil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "sepgil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "sekpil",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "секпил"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vesnjánka",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "весня́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "sepkil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "tàn nhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "feelid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brych"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sbot haf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "ebir",
      "sense": "small pigmentation spot on the skin",
      "word": "эбир"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any small spot",
      "word": "täplä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any small spot",
      "word": "pilkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fleckchen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freckle"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Georgian translations",
    "Requests for review of Slovak translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Skin"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "freken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English freken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "frekel"
      },
      "expansion": "frekel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "freknur",
        "4": "",
        "g": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse freknur pl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "frøknur"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese frøknur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fräknar"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fräknar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fregner"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fregner",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sprecel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sprecel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sprekalą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "freckle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "sprekla"
      },
      "expansion": "sprekla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "spreckel"
      },
      "expansion": "spreckel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sp(h)er(e)g-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to strew, sprinkle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "fruth",
        "3": "",
        "4": "measles"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian fruth (“measles”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spark"
      },
      "expansion": "spark",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spry"
      },
      "expansion": "spry",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sprack"
      },
      "expansion": "sprack",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freckles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freckling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freckled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freckled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "freckled"
    },
    {
      "word": "freckleface"
    },
    {
      "word": "freckly"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover with freckles."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with freckles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become covered with freckles."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become covered with freckles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɛkəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkəl"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-freckle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-freckle.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "no such verb exists",
      "roman": "yǒu quèbān",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "有雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "長雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎng quèbān",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "长雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "skin",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "pisamoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "anything else",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "täplittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "lentiginigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cover with freckles",
      "word": "cobrir de sardas"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "no such verb exists",
      "roman": "yǒu quèbān",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "有雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "長雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎng quèbān",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "长雀斑"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "skin",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "pisamoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "anything else",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "täplittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "lentigineskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "tener peca"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gro thig thon",
      "sense": "become covered with freckles",
      "word": "གྲོ་ཐིག་ཐོན"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freckle"
}

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