"birthmark" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-birthmark.ogg [US] Forms: birthmarks [plural]
Etymology: From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|birth|mark}} birth + mark, {{m|en|longing mark}} longing mark, {{m|en|mother's mark}} mother's mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} birthmark (plural birthmarks)
  1. A mark on the skin formed before birth. Categories (topical): Skin Related terms: mole, naevus, scar Translations (a mark on the skin formed before birth): nishan (Albanian), وَحْمَة (waḥma) [feminine] (Arabic), توحيمة (tawḥīma) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), խալ (xal) (Armenian), xal (Azerbaijani), bənək (Azerbaijani), миң (miñ) (Bashkir), радзі́мка (radzímka) [feminine] (Belarusian), nawa (Bikol Central), бе́нка (bénka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), marca de naixença [feminine] (Catalan), 胎記 (Chinese Mandarin), 胎记 (tāijì) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (jì) (Chinese Mandarin), mateřské znaménko [neuter] (Czech), modermærke [neuter] (Danish), moedervlek [feminine] (Dutch), меҥ (meŋ) (Eastern Mari), naskomarko (Esperanto), denaska makulo (Esperanto), sünnimärk (Estonian), móðurmerki [neuter] (Faroese), syntymämerkki (Finnish), tache de naissance [feminine] (French), tache de vin [feminine] (French), ben (Gagauz), ხალი (xali) (Georgian), Muttermal [neuter] (German), Mal [neuter] (German), σημάδι (simádi) [neuter] (Greek), כתם לידה (ketem leida) [masculine] (Hebrew), סִימָן מוּלָד (siman mulad) [masculine] (Hebrew), जन्म चिह्न (janma cihna) (Hindi), anyajegy (Hungarian), ball broinne [masculine] (Irish), comhartha broinne [masculine] (Irish), voglia [feminine] (Italian), 母斑 (bohan) (alt: ぼはん) (Japanese), (生まれつきの)あざ (alt: (umaretsuki no) aza) (Japanese), ប្រជ្រុយ (prɑcruy) (Khmer), мампас (mampas) (Komi-Zyrian), 모반 (moban) (Korean), benk (Ladino), naevus [masculine] (Latin), dzimumzīme [feminine] (Latvian), apgamas [masculine] (Lithuanian), бенка (benka) [feminine] (Macedonian), xewqa [feminine] (Maltese), xehwa [feminine] (Maltese), cowrey breinney [masculine] (Manx), cowrey ruggyree [masculine] (Manx), ira (Maori), जन्मखूण (janmakhūṇ) [feminine] (Marathi), tisio (Nandi), føflekk [common-gender] (Norwegian), fødselsmerke [neuter] (Norwegian), marca de naissença [feminine] (Occitan), خال مادر زادی (Persian), znak szczególny [masculine] (Polish), marca de nascença [feminine] (Portuguese), semn de naștere [neuter] (Romanian), aluniță [feminine] (Romanian), ро́динка (ródinka) [feminine] (Russian), роди́мое пятно́ (rodímoje pjatnó) [neuter] (Russian), младеж [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бен [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mladež [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ben [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vogghia [feminine] (Sicilian), materské znamienko [neuter] (Slovak), materino znamenje [neuter] (Slovene), mancha de nacimiento [feminine] (Spanish), lunar [masculine] (Spanish), födelsemärke [neuter] (Swedish), nevus (english: medical term) (Swedish), leverfläck [common-gender] (Swedish), balat (Tagalog), ila (Tausug), పుట్టుమచ్చ (puṭṭumacca) (Telugu), ปาน (bpaan) (Thai), leke (Turkish), yama (Turkish), ben (Turkish), мең (meñ) (Tuvan), вордӥськемпус (vordiśkempus) (Udmurt), мень (meń) (Udmurt), роди́мка (rodýmka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bớt (Vietnamese), man geni [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), шим шӹгӹль (šim šÿgÿĺ) (Western Mari), מוטער־צייכן (muter-tseykhn) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "խալ"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
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          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
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        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "nawa"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bénka",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marca de naixença"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "胎記"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tāijì",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "胎记"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "記"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jì",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "记"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mateřské znaménko"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "modermærke"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "moedervlek"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "naskomarko"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "denaska makulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "sünnimärk"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "móðurmerki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "syntymämerkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tache de naissance"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tache de vin"
        },
        {
          "code": "gag",
          "lang": "Gagauz",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ben"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xali",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ხალი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Muttermal"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "simádi",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σημάδι"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ketem leida",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "כתם לידה"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "siman mulad",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סִימָן מוּלָד"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "janma cihna",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "जन्म चिह्न"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "anyajegy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ball broinne"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comhartha broinne"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voglia"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぼはん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bohan",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "母斑"
        },
        {
          "alt": "(umaretsuki no) aza",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "(生まれつきの)あざ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑcruy",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ប្រជ្រុយ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "mampas",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "мампас"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "moban",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "모반"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "benk"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naevus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dzimumzīme"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apgamas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "benka",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бенка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "xewqa"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "xehwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cowrey breinney"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cowrey ruggyree"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ira"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "janmakhūṇ",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "जन्मखूण"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "meŋ",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "меҥ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mrj",
          "lang": "Western Mari",
          "roman": "šim šÿgÿĺ",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "шим шӹгӹль"
        },
        {
          "code": "niq",
          "lang": "Nandi",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "tisio"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "føflekk"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fødselsmerke"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marca de naissença"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "خال مادر زادی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "znak szczególny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marca de nascença"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "semn de naștere"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aluniță"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ródinka",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́динка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodímoje pjatnó",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "роди́мое пятно́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "младеж"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бен"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mladež"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ben"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vogghia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "materské znamienko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "materino znamenje"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mancha de nacimiento"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lunar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "födelsemärke"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "medical term",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "nevus"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "leverfläck"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "balat"
        },
        {
          "code": "tsg",
          "lang": "Tausug",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ila"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "puṭṭumacca",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "పుట్టుమచ్చ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpaan",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ปาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "leke"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "yama"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "ben"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "meñ",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "мең"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "vordiśkempus",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "вордӥськемпус"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "meń",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "мень"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rodýmka",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "роди́мка"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "word": "bớt"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "man geni"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "muter-tseykhn",
          "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מוטער־צייכן"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      },
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    },
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    }
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
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        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Nandi terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "nishan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waḥma",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَحْمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawḥīma",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "توحيمة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xal",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "խալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "xal"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "bənək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "miñ",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "миң"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "radzímka",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радзі́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "nawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bénka",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marca de naixença"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "胎記"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tāijì",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "胎记"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "記"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "记"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mateřské znaménko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modermærke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moedervlek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "naskomarko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "denaska makulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "sünnimärk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "móðurmerki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "syntymämerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tache de naissance"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tache de vin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xali",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ხალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Muttermal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simádi",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σημάδι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ketem leida",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כתם לידה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "siman mulad",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סִימָן מוּלָד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "janma cihna",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "जन्म चिह्न"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "anyajegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball broinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comhartha broinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voglia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼはん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bohan",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "母斑"
    },
    {
      "alt": "(umaretsuki no) aza",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "(生まれつきの)あざ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑcruy",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ប្រជ្រុយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kpv",
      "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
      "roman": "mampas",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "мампас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "moban",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "모반"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "benk"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naevus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzimumzīme"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apgamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "benka",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бенка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xewqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xehwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cowrey breinney"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cowrey ruggyree"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "janmakhūṇ",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "जन्मखूण"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "meŋ",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "меҥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "šim šÿgÿĺ",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "шим шӹгӹль"
    },
    {
      "code": "niq",
      "lang": "Nandi",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "tisio"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "føflekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fødselsmerke"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marca de naissença"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "خال مادر زادی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "znak szczególny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marca de nascença"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semn de naștere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aluniță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ródinka",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́динка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodímoje pjatnó",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "роди́мое пятно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "младеж"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mladež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vogghia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "materské znamienko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "materino znamenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mancha de nacimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lunar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "födelsemärke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "medical term",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "nevus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "leverfläck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "balat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ila"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "puṭṭumacca",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "పుట్టుమచ్చ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpaan",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ปาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "leke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "yama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "meñ",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "мең"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "vordiśkempus",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "вордӥськемпус"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "meń",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "мень"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rodýmka",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "роди́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "word": "bớt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "man geni"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "muter-tseykhn",
      "sense": "a mark on the skin formed before birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מוטער־צייכן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "birthmark"
}

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