freckle

ˈfrɛkəl

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Definition of freckle - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

skinsmall brownish spot on the skin

Her cheeks were adorned with cute freckles.

blemish

spot

candy

small chocolate sweet with sprinkles

I bought a freckle at the candy store.

candy

Verb

appearance

tr.

mark with small spots or discolorations

tr.

The artist decided to freckle the canvas with paint.

mottle

speckle

spot

skin

intr.

become covered with small brown spots

intr.

Her face tends to freckle in the summer.

mottle

speckle

spot

induce marking

tr.

cause small brown spots to appear on skin

tr.

The sun freckled her arms during the hike..

mottle

speckle

spot

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Images of freckle

small chocolate sweet with sprinkles

Expressions with freckle

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a hair past a freckle

humorous phrase indicating unknown or unmeasured time when asked

When asked the time, he said it was a hair past a freckle.

Origin of freckle

Middle Dutch, freken (freckle)

Examples of freckle in a sentence

Freckles appear more in the summer.
She loves eating a freckle after lunch.
The freckle melted in my hand.
She watched the raindrops freckle the window.
The baker let chocolate chips freckle the cookies.
My arms freckle after a week at the beach.

His nose began to freckle in the spring sunshine.
Her cheeks freckled after a day at the beach.
The child's nose freckled in the summer sun.

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French:tache de rousseur, tacheter, ...
German:Sommersprosse, besprenkeln, ...
Italian:lentiggine, macchiare, ...
Spanish:peca, pecar, ...
Portuguese:sarda, salpicar, ...
Chinese:雀斑, 撒上, ...
Japanese:そばかす, 斑点をつける, ...
Arabic:نَمَش, نَقَّطَ, ...
Hebrew:נֶמֶשׁ, לְנַקֵּד, ...
Russian:веснушка, покрывать, ...
Ukrainian:веснянка, покривати, ...
Hindi:झाई, धब्बे लगाना, ...
Bengali:ফ্রেকল, দাগ দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:piga, tacar, ...
Czech:piha, poset drobnými skvrnami, ...
Danish:fregne, plette, ...
Dutch:sproet, bespikkelen, ...
Greek:φακίδα, πιτσιλίζω, ...
Hungarian:szeplő, pöttyözni, ...
Khmer:ស្នាមអុចខ្មៅលើស្បែក, ធ្វើឱ្យមានចំណុចតូចៗ, ...
Korean:주근깨, 점찍다, ...
Persian:کک و مک, لکه‌دار کرد, ...
Polish:pieg, ozdobić, ...
Portuguese (BR):sarda, salpicar, ...
Romanian:pistrui, a pistrui, ...
Swedish:fräkne, stänka, ...
Thai:กระ, แต้ม, ...
Turkish:çil, beneklemek, ...
Vietnamese:tàn nhang, chấm đốm, ...

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