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dappled

adj · verb · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: [ˈdæpəɫd]
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of dapple

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having spots or patches of color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mottled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَبْرَش (ʔabraš) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Arabic: ابرش (abraš) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Bulgarian: пъстър (pǎstǎr) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Bulgarian: петнист (petnist) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斑紋的 /斑纹的 — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Dutch: gespikkeld — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Finnish: laikukas — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Galician: pinto — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Galician: pego — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Galician: pintado — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • German: scheckig — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • German: sprenglig — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • German: sprenglich — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • German: gesprenkelt — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • German: getupft — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ancient Greek: βαλιός (baliós) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ancient Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Hungarian: pöttyös — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Hungarian: pettyes — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Hungarian: foltos — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Irish: ballach — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Italian: pezzato — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Latin: maculosus — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Māori: kōpukupuku — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Mongolian: толбо (tolbo) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Polish: cętkowany — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Polish: nakrapiany — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Russian: пятни́стый (pjatnístyj) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Russian: в я́блоках usually of a horse (v jáblokax) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Russian: чуба́рый (čubáryj) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Russian: кра́пчатый (krápčatyj) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Spanish: moteado — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Swedish: fläckig — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Swedish: spräcklig — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوپورلو (çopurlu) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ukrainian: плямистий (pljamystyj) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ukrainian: цяткований (cjatkovanyj) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
  • Ukrainian: в яблука (v jabluka) — having a mottled or spotted skin or coat