Dappled

/[ˈdæpəɫd]/

Synonyms for "dappled" (121 found)

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Related words (60)

Adjective(1 words)
mottled

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Translations

38 translations across 20 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βαλιός adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • ποικίλος adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أَبْرَش adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • ابرش adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • петнист adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • пъстър adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 斑紋的 /斑纹的 adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gespikkeld adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Finnish

1 entries
  • laikukas adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Galician

3 entries
  • pego adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • pintado adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • pinto adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

German

4 entries
  • gesprenkelt adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • getupft adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • scheckig adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • sprenglich adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • foltos adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • pettyes adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • pöttyös adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Irish

1 entries
  • ballach adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Italian

1 entries
  • pezzato adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Latin

1 entries
  • maculosus adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • толбо adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Māori

1 entries
  • kōpukupuku adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • چوپورلو adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Polish

2 entries
  • cętkowany adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • nakrapiany adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Russian

4 entries
  • в я́блоках usually of a horse adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • кра́пчатый adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • пятни́стый adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • чуба́рый adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Spanish

1 entries
  • moteado adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fläckig adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • spräcklig adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • в яблука adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • плямистий adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)
  • цяткований adj (having a mottled or spotted skin or coat)

Sample sentences

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The path was dappled with sunlight.

Source: tatoeba (10206191)

Each day, spring reveals more of its charms. The tall mountains, with their patchwork of dark firs and grey rock, are now dappled with a medley of young, bright-green foliage.

Source: tatoeba (11213738)

It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain

Source: wiktionary

Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]

Source: wiktionary

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