Standard Lemma guide

freckled

adj · 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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  • /ˈfɹɛkəld/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having freckles; covered with freckles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A smile grew across Jim's freckled face.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

relating to or covered with or resembling freckles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lentiginous, lentiginose

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English frekled; equivalent to freckle + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: pezosu — having freckles
  • Asturian: pencosu — having freckles
  • Catalan: pigat — having freckles
  • Danish: fregnet — having freckles
  • Dutch: sproetig — having freckles
  • Dutch: sproeterig — having freckles
  • Finnish: pisamainen — having freckles
  • Galician: pencoso — having freckles
  • German: sommersprossig — having freckles
  • Hebrew: מנומש (m'numásh) — having freckles
  • Hungarian: szeplős — having freckles
  • Italian: lentigginoso — having freckles
  • Latin: sparsus — having freckles
  • Latin: lentīginōsus — having freckles
  • Māori: kōpatapata — having freckles
  • Māori: kōtiwhatiwha — having freckles
  • Navajo: yistłʼin — having freckles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fregnet — having freckles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fregnete — having freckles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: freknete — having freckles
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: lentigoso — having freckles
  • Polish: piegowaty — having freckles
  • Portuguese: sardento — having freckles
  • Romanian: pistruiat — having freckles
  • Russian: весну́шчатый (vesnúščatyj) — having freckles
  • Russian: конопа́тый (konopátyj) — having freckles
  • Slovak: pehavý — having freckles
  • Spanish: pecoso — having freckles
  • Swedish: fräknig — having freckles
  • Tibetan: གྲོ་ཐིག་ཅན (gro thig can) — having freckles
  • Tibetan: པགས་ཁྲ (pags khra) — having freckles
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیل (çil) — having freckles
Real reading context

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