freckle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹɛkəl/

Noun

freckle (plural freckles)

1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

   Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.

   • , Runaway Jane:

     The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep,

     The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!"

     And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace,

     Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.

2. Any small spot or discoloration.
3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
4. (Australia, slang) The anus.

Synonyms

• ephelis
• lentigo

Related terms

• beauty mark
• dirt
• sun kiss

Translations

• French: tache de rousseur
• German: Sommersprosse
• Italian: lentiggine
• Portuguese: sarda
• Russian: весну́шка
• Spanish: peca

Translations

• German: Fleckchen

Verb

freckle (freckles, present participle freckling; past and past participle freckled)

1. (transitive) To cover with freckles.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.

Related terms

• freckled
• freckleface
• freckly

Translations

• Portuguese: cobrir de sardas

Translations

• Spanish: tener peca

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