fleck
pronunciation
How to pronounce fleck in British English:
UK [flek]
How to pronounce fleck in American English:
US [flɛk]
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- Noun:
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a small contrasting part of something
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- Verb:
- make a spot or mark onto
Word Origin
- fleck (v.)
- late 14c., "to spot, stain, cover with spots," probably from Old Norse flekka "to spot," from Proto-Germanic *flekk- (cognates: Middle Dutch vlecke, Old High German flec, German Fleck), from PIE *pleik- "to tear" (see flay). Related: Flecked; flecking.
- fleck (n.)
- 1590s, "a mark on skin, a freckle," of uncertain origin; perhaps from fleck (v.) or else from a related word elsewhere in Germanic, such as Middle Dutch vlecke or Old Norse flekkr "a fleck, spot." From 1750 as "small particle," 1804 as "a patch, a spot" of any kind.
Example
- 1. And every fleck of russet showing clear .
- 2. Looks like a gold fleck .
- 3. Look you are fleck all over the face !
- 4. They found a fleck of blood on the wall .
- 5. The garlic moss has no the yellow fleck and other virus .