speckles

/spˈɛkəlz/ noun A2

small spots

Word Origin Speckle is a diminutive of speck — the -le suffix makes it a small speck. Speck comes from Old English specca 'small spot.' So speckles are tiny spots, like on a bird's egg. The same root gives us speckled (marked with speckles) and speck (a small mark). The plural -s just makes it multiple.

noun small spots A2

The dog has white fur with black speckles.

(名词) 斑点;斑纹;小点 【小斑点】

这只狗的白毛上有黑色的小斑点。

(sustantivo) motas; manchas; pintas; puntitos [pequeñas manchas]

El perro tiene pelo blanco con **motas** negras.

(nom) mouchetures; taches; tachetures [Petites taches.]

Le chien a un pelage blanc avec des **mouchetures** noires.

(Substantiv) Sprenkel; Tupfen; Flecken [kleine, unregelmäßige Flecken oder Punkte auf einer Oberfläche]

Die Katze hat graues Fell mit schwarzen **speckles**.

(名詞) 小さな斑点

その犬は黒い斑点のある白い毛をしている。

(substantivo) pintas; manchas; salpicos; sardas; mosqueado [pequenas manchas]

O cachorro tem pelo branco com manchas pretas.

noun plural of speckle countable

The bird's eggs had beautiful blue speckles all over them.

(名词) 斑点

鸟蛋上布满了漂亮的蓝色斑点。

(sustantivo) motas; pintas; manchitas; puntitos [plural de mota]

Los huevos del ave tenían hermosas motas azules por todas partes.

(nom) mouchetures; tachetures; tavelures; picotures [Petites taches ou points colorés dispersés sur une surface.]

Les œufs de l'oiseau étaient couverts de magnifiques mouchetures bleues.

(Substantiv) Sprenkel; Tüpfel; Flecken [Plural von **Sprenkel**: kleine, unregelmäßige Flecken oder Punkte auf einer Oberfläche, die sich farblich vom Untergrund abheben.]

Die Eier des Vogels waren mit hübschen blauen **speckles** übersät.

(名詞) 表面や素材に散らばる小さな斑点や点

その鳥の卵には、全体に美しい青い斑点が散らばっていた。

(substantivo) pintinhas; manchinhas; salpicos; pontinhos [plural de mancha pequena / pintinha]

Os ovos do pássaro tinham lindas pintinhas azuis espalhadas por toda a superfície.

Word parts: speck + le + s

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