"speckle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɛkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-speckle.wav Forms: speckles [plural]
Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|dum|spekkel}} Middle Dutch spekkel Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)
  1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (small spot): петънце (petǎnce) [neuter] (Bulgarian), луничка (lunička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pilkku (Finnish), Fleck [masculine] (German), Sprenkel [masculine] (German), στίγμα (stígma) [neuter] (Greek), κηλίδα (kilída) [feminine] (Greek), بكك (beñek) (Ottoman Turkish), пятнышко (pjatnyško) [neuter] (Russian), крапинка (krapinka) [feminine] (Russian), benek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-speckle-en-noun-Y~Kn-2XP Disambiguation of 'small spot': 100 0 0 0
  2. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics: random distribution of scattered light): разсеяна светлина (razsejana svetlina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), epäkoherentti sironta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-speckle-en-noun-1z~yLtsL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 26 22 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 20 25 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 26 22 24 22 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: random distribution of scattered light': 2 89 0 9
  3. (Scotland) Kind; sort. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-speckle-en-noun-ftbRqcMG Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 26 22 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 20 25 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 16 35 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 26 22 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 4 17 38 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 15 36 18 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 16 34 20 26
  4. (cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cytology Synonyms: splicing speckle
    Sense id: en-speckle-en-noun-q54yMYBb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 26 22 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 20 25 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 26 22 24 22 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: speckled, speckle-fronted weaver, speckle imaging, speckly

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɛkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-speckle.wav Forms: speckles [present, singular, third-person], speckling [participle, present], speckled [participle, past], speckled [past]
Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|dum|spekkel}} Middle Dutch spekkel Head templates: {{en-verb}} speckle (third-person singular simple present speckles, present participle speckling, simple past and past participle speckled)
  1. To mark with speckles. Translations (to mark with speckles): täplittää (Finnish), крапить (krapitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-speckle-en-verb-betJAPaH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 26 22 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 20 25 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 16 32 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 26 22 24 22

Inflected forms

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          "sort",
          "sort"
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        "(Scotland) Kind; sort."
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        "Scotland",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "en:Cytology"
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        "A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus."
      ],
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          "nucleus"
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        "(cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus."
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        }
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        "uncountable"
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        "cytology",
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        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛkəl/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petǎnce",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "петънце"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lunička",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луничка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "pilkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fleck"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprenkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stígma",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στίγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kilída",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κηλίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "beñek",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "بكك"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnyško",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пятнышко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krapinka",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крапинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small spot",
      "word": "benek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razsejana svetlina",
      "sense": "physics: random distribution of scattered light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разсеяна светлина"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physics: random distribution of scattered light",
      "word": "epäkoherentti sironta"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "present",
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛkəl/"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark with speckles",
      "word": "täplittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krapitʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with speckles",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "крапить"
    }
  ],
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}

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