"fleck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /flɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flecks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*flekk}} Middle English *flekk, {{m|enm|*flekke}} *flekke, {{cog|enm|flekked|t=spotted, flecked}} Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”), {{der|en|non|flekkr|t=spot}} Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*flekka-}} Proto-Germanic *flekka-, {{cog|nl|vlek}} Dutch vlek, {{cog|de|Fleck}} German Fleck, {{cog|sv|fläck}} Swedish fläck Head templates: {{en-noun}} fleck (plural flecks)
  1. A flake.
    Sense id: en-fleck-en-noun-N5JqcFwi
  2. A lock, as of wool.
    Sense id: en-fleck-en-noun-WS2~0LKs
  3. A small spot or streak; a speckle. Synonyms: modicum Translations (small spot): петно (petno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), точица (točica) [masculine] (Bulgarian), skvrna [feminine] (Czech), flek [masculine] (Czech), flíček [masculine] (Czech), skvrnka [feminine] (Czech), spikkel (Dutch), täplä (Finnish), pilkku (Finnish), tache [feminine] (French), Fleck [masculine] (German), puntino [masculine] (Italian), flekk [masculine] (Norwegian), mancha [feminine] (Portuguese), pinta [feminine] (Portuguese), кра́пинка (krápinka) [feminine] (Russian), пятно́ (pjatnó) [neuter] (Russian), пя́тнышко (pjátnyško) [neuter] (Russian), mota [feminine] (Spanish), fläck [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fleck-en-noun-tT3n6pty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 59 6 10 Disambiguation of 'small spot': 0 0 84 15
  4. A small amount.
    Sense id: en-fleck-en-noun-vrtbMj06

Verb

IPA: /flɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flecks [present, singular, third-person], flecking [participle, present], flecked [participle, past], flecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*flekk}} Middle English *flekk, {{m|enm|*flekke}} *flekke, {{cog|enm|flekked|t=spotted, flecked}} Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”), {{der|en|non|flekkr|t=spot}} Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*flekka-}} Proto-Germanic *flekka-, {{cog|nl|vlek}} Dutch vlek, {{cog|de|Fleck}} German Fleck, {{cog|sv|fläck}} Swedish fläck Head templates: {{en-verb}} fleck (third-person singular simple present flecks, present participle flecking, simple past and past participle flecked)
  1. (transitive) To mark (something) with small spots. Tags: transitive Synonyms: fleak [obsolete] Translations (to mark with small spots): изпъстрям (izpǎstrjam) (Bulgarian), bespikkelen (Dutch), besprenkeln (Dutch), täplittää (Finnish), moucheter (French), tacheter (French), manchar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-fleck-en-verb-NYfaWI4r

Inflected forms

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        "A lock, as of wool."
      ],
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          "lock",
          "lock#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small spot or streak; a speckle."
      ],
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        [
          "small",
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        ],
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          "spot",
          "spot#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "streak",
          "streak#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "speckle",
          "speckle#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "modicum"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "a fleck of hope",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a fleck of imagination",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small amount."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/flɛk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleck.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petno",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "петно"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "točica",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "точица"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skvrna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flíček"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skvrnka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "spikkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "täplä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "pilkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fleck"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puntino"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mancha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krápinka",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́пинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnó",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пятно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjátnyško",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пя́тнышко"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mota"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fläck"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleck"
}

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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "flecking",
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    },
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      "form": "flecked",
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      "glosses": [
        "To mark (something) with small spots."
      ],
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          "mark",
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        "(transitive) To mark (something) with small spots."
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        {
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            "obsolete"
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    {
      "ipa": "/flɛk/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleck.wav",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpǎstrjam",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "изпъстрям"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "bespikkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "besprenkeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "täplittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "moucheter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "tacheter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to mark with small spots",
      "word": "manchar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleck"
}
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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fleck",
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}

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