Flake

Synonyms for "flake" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (55)

Verb(2 words)
flake offfleak

Related words (93)

Verb(2 words)
peelpeel off

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

12 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

31 entries

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form of

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has context

8 entries

is a

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manner of

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related to

27 entries

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Translations

114 translations across 37 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • bie noun (thin chiplike layer)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • lopa noun (thin chiplike layer)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • люспа noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • лющя се verb (to break or chip)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ascla noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • floc noun (thin chiplike layer)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 小片 noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • 薄片 noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • 剝落 /剥落 verb (to break or chip)

Czech

2 entries
  • vločka noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • loupat se verb (to break or chip)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lafaard noun (an unreliable person)
  • schilfer noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • splinter noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • vlok noun (thin chiplike layer)

Estonian

2 entries
  • helbe noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • lible noun (thin chiplike layer)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hiutale noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • huithapeli noun (an unreliable person)
  • hilseillä verb (to break or chip)

French

4 entries
  • flocon noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • fragment noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • planche pourrie noun (an unreliable person)
  • éclat noun (thin chiplike layer)

Galician

1 entries
  • floco noun (thin chiplike layer)

German

4 entries
  • Chaot noun (an unreliable person)
  • Drückeberger noun (an unreliable person)
  • Flocke noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • Schnarchnase noun (an unreliable person)

Greek

4 entries
  • λέπι noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • νιφάδα noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • φολίδα noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • απολεπίζω verb (to break or chip)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • pehely noun (thin chiplike layer)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • flaga noun (thin chiplike layer)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mengelupas noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • serpih noun (thin chiplike layer)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • hiutale noun (thin chiplike layer)

Irish

1 entries
  • cáithnín noun (thin chiplike layer)

Italian

4 entries
  • fiocco noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • scaglia noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • schizzo noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • tirapacchi noun (an unreliable person)

Japanese

1 entries
  • フレーク noun (thin chiplike layer)

Korean

1 entries
  • 플레이크 noun (thin chiplike layer)

Latin

1 entries
  • floccus noun (thin chiplike layer)

Māori

4 entries
  • kapu noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • pāra noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • whā noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • rehu verb (to break or chip)

Occitan

3 entries
  • ascla noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • esclapa noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • flòc noun (thin chiplike layer)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یپراق noun (thin chiplike layer)

Polish

1 entries
  • płatek noun (thin chiplike layer)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • floco noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • furão noun (an unreliable person)
  • furar verb (To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through)

Russian

4 entries
  • оско́лок noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • стру́жка noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • хло́пья noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • чешу́йка noun (thin chiplike layer)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pàhulja noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • па̀хуља noun (thin chiplike layer)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • fausu noun (an unreliable person)
  • mbrugghiuni noun (an unreliable person)
  • scagghia noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • scagghia noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ampo noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • copa noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • copo noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • escama noun (thin chiplike layer)

Swedish

2 entries
  • flaga noun (thin chiplike layer)
  • flinga noun (thin chiplike layer)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • manipis na piraso noun (thin chiplike layer)

Turkish

1 entries
  • pul noun (thin chiplike layer)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • mảnh tước noun (archaeology: thin stone tool)
  • vảy noun (thin chiplike layer)

Walloon

1 entries
  • sclat noun (thin chiplike layer)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שופּ noun (thin chiplike layer)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Let's take precautions against heat fatigue, before we flake out from the heat, and have a healthy summer.

Source: tatoeba (328386)

It's a flake covered in chocolate!

Source: tatoeba (1171834)

One winter's day, when it snowed, he brought out a burning-glass, then he held out the tail of his blue coat, and let the snow-flakes fall upon it. "Look in this glass, Gerda," said he; and she saw how every flake of snow was magnified, and looked like a beautiful flower or a glittering star.

Source: tatoeba (3753010)

If you sift through barrels of dirt, you may eventually find a flake of gold.

Source: tatoeba (5023575)

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