speck

n.

1. A small spot, mark, or discoloration.
2. A tiny amount; a bit: not a speck of truth in her story.

tr.v., specked, speck·ing, specks.
To mark with specks.

[Middle English specke, from Old English specca.]

[SHPECK; spehk] Respectively, German and Italian for "bacon".

noun

1. A very small mark: dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, point, spot. See marks.
2. A tiny amount: bit¹, crumb, dab¹, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap¹, scruple, shred, smidgen, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British spot. See big/small/amount.

verb

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

n

Definition: tiny bit
Antonyms: lot

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IN BRIEF: A very small amount. Also: A small spot.

I can shun evil as quickly as the eyelid closes itself against a speck of dust. — Unknown

Dansk (Danish)
n. - plet, stænk, gran, smule
v. tr. - plette, pletrense

Nederlands (Dutch)
spikkel, vlek, plekje

Français (French)
n. - grain, éclat, petite tache, point (de)
v. tr. - moucheter

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

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόκκος, μόριο, ψήγμα, λεκές, κουκκίδα, στίγμα, λίπος φάλαινας ή χοίρου
v. - (δια)στίζω, κηλιδώνω

Italiano (Italian)
puntino, macchia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - partícula (f), pinta (f), mancha pequena (f)
v. - salpicar, manchar

Русский (Russian)
пятнышко, частица, крупица, капля, ворвань, жирное мясо, бекон, испещрять, превращаться в точку

Español (Spanish)
n. - lunar, mancha, partícula, mota
v. tr. - manchar, motear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fläck, stänk, korn, gnutta
v. - fläcka ned, sätta en fläck på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斑点, 污点, 灰尘, 使有斑点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斑點, 污點, 灰塵
v. tr. - 使有斑點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 반점, 미세한 것, 소량
v. tr. - ~에 얼룩을 짓다, 오점을 찍다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小さいしみ, 小斑点, 小粒, 脂肪, 脂身, 汚点
v. - …にしみを付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بقعه, نقطه, ذرة (فعل) بقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כתם זעיר, נקודה, שמץ, פגם‬
v. tr. - ‮הכתים‬

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