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birthmark

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B ER1 TH M AA2 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • facial birthmark
  • large birthmark
  • She has a small birthmark on her left shoulder.
  • The detective identified him by a distinctive birthmark.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nevus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blemish, defect, mar

Narrower terms: port-wine stain, nevus flammeus, strawberry, strawberry mark, hemangioma simplex

History

Etymology

From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nishan — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Arabic: وَحْمَة (waḥma) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Arabic: توحيمة (tawḥīma) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Armenian: խալ (xal) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Azerbaijani: xal — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Azerbaijani: bənək — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Bashkir: миң (miñ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Belarusian: радзі́мка (radzímka) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Central Bikol: nawa — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Bulgarian: бе́нка (bénka) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Catalan: marca de naixença — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胎記 /胎记 (tāijì) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 記 /记 (jì) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Czech: mateřské znaménko — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Danish: modermærke — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Dutch: moedervlek — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Esperanto: naskomarko — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Esperanto: denaska makulo — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Esperanto: stigmato — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Estonian: sünnimärk — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Faroese: móðurmerki — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Finnish: syntymämerkki — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • French: tache de naissance — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • French: tache de vin — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Gagauz: ben — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Georgian: ხალი (xali) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • German: Muttermal — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • German: Mal — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Greek: σημάδι (simádi) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Hebrew: כתם לידה (ketem leida) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Hebrew: סִימָן מוּלָד (siman mulad) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Hindi: जन्म चिह्न (janma cihna) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Hungarian: anyajegy — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Indonesian: kenan — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Indonesian: tahi lalat — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Indonesian: tompel — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Irish: ball broinne — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Irish: comhartha broinne — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Italian: voglia — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Japanese: 母斑 (bohan) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Japanese: (生まれつきの)あざ — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Kazakh: мең (meñ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Kazakh: қал (qal) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Khmer: ប្រជ្រុយ (prɑcruy) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • K'iche': retal — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Komi-Zyrian: мампас (mampas) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Korean: 모반 (moban) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Ladino: benk — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Latin: naevus — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Latvian: dzimumzīme — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Lithuanian: apgamas — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Macedonian: бенка (benka) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Maltese: xewqa — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Maltese: xehwa — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Manx: cowrey breinney — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Manx: cowrey ruggyree — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Māori: ira — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Marathi: जन्मखूण (janmakhūṇ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Eastern Mari: меҥ (meŋ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Western Mari: шим шӹгӹль (šim šÿgÿĺ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Nandi: tisio — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Norwegian: føflekk — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Norwegian: fødselsmerke — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Occitan: marca de naissença — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Persian: خال مادر زادی — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Polish: znak szczególny — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Portuguese: marca de nascença — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Romanian: semn de naștere — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Romanian: aluniță — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Russian: ро́динка (ródinka) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Russian: роди́мое пятно́ (rodímoje pjatnó) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: младеж — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: бен — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: mladež — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: ben — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Sicilian: vogghia — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Slovak: materské znamienko — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Slovene: materino znamenje — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Spanish: mancha de nacimiento — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Spanish: lunar — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Swahili: kizalia — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Swedish: födelsemärke — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Swedish: nevus — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Swedish: leverfläck — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Tagalog: balat — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Tausug: ila — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Telugu: పుట్టుమచ్చ (puṭṭumacca) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Thai: ปาน (bpaan) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkish: leke — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkish: yama — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkish: ben — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkish: hâl — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkmen: hal — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Turkmen: meň — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Tuvan: мең (meñ) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Udmurt: вордӥськемпус (vordiśkempus) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Udmurt: мень (meń) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Ukrainian: роди́мка (rodýmka) — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Vietnamese: bớt — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Welsh: man geni — a mark on the skin formed before birth
  • Yiddish: מוטער־צייכן (muter-tseykhn) — a mark on the skin formed before birth