Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mottle

/ˈmɑ.təl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: mot-tle
IPA: /ˈmɑ.təl/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

noun

A distinguishing blotch of colour.

Countable

noun

A mottled or spotted pattern.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony."
"The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants."
"SLRSV, being mostly latent in strawberries and other fruit crops, is of very minor importance. It can cause some mottle and decline in certain strawberry cultivars."

Etymology

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑ.təl/
British English: /ˈmɒt.əl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mottles (present, singular) mottling (participle, present) mottled (participle, past) mottled (past) mottles (plural)

Derived Forms

mottlement mottler

Phrases

dark mottle leaf mottle yellows Malayan mottle pale mottle rounded mottle

Synonyms

dapple cloud streak blotch

Homonyms

model (t-flapping)

Rhymes With

bottle ship in a bottle throttle aristotle wattle what'll glottal pottle dottle rottol

Questions

How do you pronounce mottle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑ.təl/.
What does mottle mean?: To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Where does mottle come from?: 1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

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