n.

1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.
2. A small bit or flake: flecks of foam; a fleck of dandruff.

tr.v., flecked, fleck·ing, flecks.

To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.

[Probably from Middle English flekked, spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr, spot.]

noun

A very small mark: dash, dot, pinpoint, point, speck, spot. See marks.

verb

To mark with many small spots: bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, freckle, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, sprinkle, stipple. See marks.

A small spot, mark, or figure in wood, usually caused by wood rays, or other irregular growth characteristics, e.g., natural deposits of gummy matter.

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IN BRIEF: A flake or particle.

Even a fleck of gold is worth a fair sum of money.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - plet, stænk, fnug
v. tr. - plette, stænke, falde af i flager

Nederlands (Dutch)
spikkel, vlokje, vlekje, besprenkelen, bespikkelen

Français (French)
n. - moucheture, tache, flocon, particule, petite tache (de sang, de peinture)
v. tr. - tacheter, moucheter, piqueter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tupfen, Fleck
v. - sprenkeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στίγμα, κηλίδα, πιτσιλάδα, φακίδα, πανάδα
v. - διαστίζω

Italiano (Italian)
puntino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sinal (m) (mancha)
v. - manchar

Русский (Russian)
пятнышко, крапинка, покрывать крапинками

Español (Spanish)
n. - lunar, mancha, mota, punto
v. tr. - manchar, abigarrar, baretear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fläck, korn
v. - göra fläckig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
斑点, 斑纹, 雀斑, 使起斑点, 使有斑驳, 使有斑纹

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斑點, 斑紋, 雀斑
v. tr. - 使起斑點, 使有斑駁, 使有斑紋

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (피부에 생기는) 반점, 주근깨
v. tr. - ~에 점을 넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 斑点, しみ, そばかす, 小片
v. - 斑点を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطه , بقعه (فعل) ينقط , يرقط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גרגיר זעיר, כתם‬
v. tr. - ‮הכתים, כיסה בכתמים‬

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