smudge

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• CMU ARPABET: S M AH1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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As smiths are often covered in smudges of soot.

Derived from the verb (see below). Doublet of smutch.

From Middle English *smogen (attested in the gerund smogynge (“soiling, smudging”)), of obscure origin. Compare Middle English besmudded, bismuddet (“filthy”), Middle English smod (“filth, obscene behaviour”), Middle Dutch smoddich (“filthy, dirty”), German schmutzig (“dirty, filthy”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: петно (petno) — a blemish; a smear
• Czech: šmouha — a blemish; a smear
• Dutch: smet — a blemish; a smear
• Dutch: klad — a blemish; a smear
• Dutch: vlek — a blemish; a smear
• Finnish: tahra — a blemish; a smear
• Finnish: läiskä — a blemish; a smear
• French: bavure — a blemish; a smear
• Galician: borrón — a blemish; a smear
• German: Fleck — a blemish; a smear
• Greek: μουτζούρα (moutzoúra) — a blemish; a smear
• Irish: smearadh — a blemish; a smear
• Italian: sbavatura — a blemish; a smear
• Latin: litūra — a blemish; a smear
• Macedonian: да́мка (dámka) — a blemish; a smear
• Māori: ukuparanga — a blemish; a smear
• Russian: пятно́ (pjatnó) — a blemish; a smear
• Slovak: šmuha — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: borrón — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: tiznón — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: tiznajo — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: chafarrinada — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: chafarrinón — a blemish; a smear
• Spanish: chapón — a blemish; a smear
• Tagalog: mantsa — a blemish; a smear
• Tagalog: dungis — a blemish; a smear
• Tagalog: kapol — a blemish; a smear
• Bulgarian: гъст дим (gǎst dim) — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Finnish: paksu savu — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Galician: fume — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Georgian: კოცონი (ḳoconi) — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Italian: fumo — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Spanish: palo fumigador — dense smoke, such as used for fumigation
• Bulgarian: размазвам (razmazvam) — to obscure by blurring
• Catalan: difuminar — to obscure by blurring
• Czech: zamazat — to obscure by blurring
• Finnish: tuhria — to obscure by blurring
• Finnish: töhriä — to obscure by blurring
• Finnish: tahria — to obscure by blurring
• French: maculer — to obscure by blurring
• German: verschmieren — to obscure by blurring
• German: verwischen — to obscure by blurring
• Italian: opacizzare — to obscure by blurring
• Italian: oscurare — to obscure by blurring
• Latin: dēlinō — to obscure by blurring
• Māori: ukupara — to obscure by blurring
• Russian: разма́зывать (razmázyvatʹ) — to obscure by blurring
• Russian: разма́зать (razmázatʹ) — to obscure by blurring
• Slovak: zamazať — to obscure by blurring
• Spanish: desenfocar — to obscure by blurring
• Spanish: macular — to obscure by blurring
• Spanish: difuminar — to obscure by blurring
• Bulgarian: зацапвам (zacapvam) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Bulgarian: опетнявам (opetnjavam) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Finnish: töhriä — to soil or smear with dirt
• German: verschmieren — to soil or smear with dirt
• German: verwischen — to soil or smear with dirt
• Ingrian: sotkia — to soil or smear with dirt
• Māori: ukupara — to soil or smear with dirt
• Russian: па́чкать (páčkatʹ) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Russian: испа́чкать (ispáčkatʹ) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Russian: мара́ть (marátʹ) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Russian: замара́ть (zamarátʹ) — to soil or smear with dirt
• Finnish: savuttaa — to use dense smoke to protect from insects
• Finnish: savustaa — to use dense smoke to protect from insects