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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmoucheté
Pronunciation / Transliteration: moucheté
"La lumière du soleil créait un motif moucheté sur le sol de la forêt."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Marked with rounded spots or patches of a different color or shade; mottled.
"The horse's coat was a beautiful dappled grey."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Middle English dappyl, probably of Scandinavian origin (compare to Old Norse depill meaning 'spot' or 'dot'), related to dip.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dappled" is said worldwide
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moucheté
Transliteration: moucheté
"La lumière du soleil créait un motif moucheté sur le sol de la forêt."
gefleckt
Transliteration: gefleckt
"Das Sonnenlicht warf ein geflecktes Licht auf den Waldboden."
chiazzato
Transliteration: chiazzato
"La luce del sole creava un effetto chiazzato sul terreno."
moteado
Transliteration: moteado
"La luz del sol formaba un patrón moteado en el suelo del bosque."
malhado
Transliteration: malhado
"A luz do sol criava um padrão malhado no chão da floresta."
चितkabara
Transliteration: chitkabara
"जंगल की ज़मीन पर धूप का चितकबरा पैटर्न बन रहा था।"
斑驳的
Transliteration: bānbó de
"阳光在森林的地面上投下斑驳的光影。"
얼룩덜룩한
Transliteration: eollukdeorukhan
"햇빛이 숲 바닥에 얼룩덜룩한 무늬를 만들었다."
斑点の
Transliteration: hanten no
"木漏れ日が林床に斑点の模様を作っていた。"
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