speckled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛkəld/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkəld

Adjective

speckled (comparative more speckled, superlative most speckled)

1. Marked with dots or spots, spotted.

   The bird's eggs were speckled as camouflage.

2. Sporadically and irregularly marked.

Synonyms

• speckly

Derived terms

• cute as a speckled pup
• pretty as a speckled pup
• speckled alder
• speckled-belly
• speckled carpetshark
• speckled footman
• speckled kingsnake
• speckled monster
• speckled teal
• speckled trout
• speckled warbler
• speckled wood
• splake

 

Translations

marked with dots

• Bulgarian: петнист (petnist)
• Catalan: motejat (ca)
• Dutch: gespikkeld (nl)
• Finnish: pilkullinen (fi), pilkukas (fi)
• German: gesprenkelt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥαντός (rhantós)

• Irish: ballach
• Italian: maculato (it), macchiettato (it), chiazzato (it)
• Latin: sparsus
• Maori: kōtiwhatiwha
• Old English: cylu
• Ottoman Turkish: آلا (ala), چوپورلو (çopurlu), چیل (çil)
• Polish: cętkowany (pl), nakrapiany (pl)
• Sanskrit: पृषत् (sa) (pṛṣat)
• Spanish: moteado (es), punteado (es)
• Swedish: spräcklig

irregularly marked

• Bulgarian: пъстър (bg) (pǎstǎr)
• Catalan: tacat (ca)
• Finnish: läiskikäs
• Italian: macchiettato (it), chiazzato (it)
• Maori: kōtingotingo
• Scottish Gaelic: ballach, riabhach
• Spanish: manchado (es)
• Swedish: spräcklig