birthmark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.
Meanings
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A mark on the skin formed before birth.
large birthmark
The pragmatic journalist’s daughter would, and did, explain these “memories” as the work of an imagination hypersensitized by her father’s recent death, but a detail in one letter will not be dismissed. Robert Frobisher mentions a comet-shaped birthmark between his shoulder blade and collarbone.
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120:She has a small birthmark on her left shoulder.
The detective identified him by a distinctive birthmark.
facial birthmark
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| birthmarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Translations (106)
cy man geni (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ru роди́мое пятно́ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mr जन्मखूण (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sh младеж (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mt xehwa (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ga comhartha broinne (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · es lunar (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · de Mal (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · dsb znamje (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · hu anyajegy (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sl materino znamenje (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sw kizalia (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sv leverfläck (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · az xal (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ar وَحْمَة (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · id kenan (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · kpv мампас (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · vi bớt (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · eo naskomarko (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tl balat (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ba миң (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · gv cowrey breinney (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ro semn de naștere (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · lt apgamas (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · gv cowrey ruggyree (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ru ро́динка (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · la naevus (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · kk қал (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sq nishan (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · hy խալ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · fo móðurmerki (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sh mladež (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ca marca de naixença (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · niq tisio (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · yi מוטער־צייכן (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · hsb budmo (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mfe lanvi (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · nl moedervlek (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tr leke (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · be радзі́мка (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · he סִימָן מוּלָד (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · uk роди́мка (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ka ხალი (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tr yama (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · udm вордӥськемпус (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · gcr anvi (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · no føflekk (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · hi जन्म चिह्न (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mrj шим шӹгӹль (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · no fødselsmerke (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tk hal (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sk materské znamienko (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tr ben (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · te పుట్టుమచ్చ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sh ben (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · eo denaska makulo (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · fi syntymämerkki (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tyv мең (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · it voglia (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sv nevus (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · bcl nawa (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sh бен (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · th ปาน (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mi ira (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ga ball broinne (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · et sünnimärk (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · id tahi lalat (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · he כתם לידה (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ary توحيمة (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · gag ben (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · pt marca de nascença (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · lv dzimumzīme (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · fr tache de vin (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · es mancha de nacimiento (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · scn vogghia (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · eo stigmato (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · cmn 胎記 /胎记 (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · id tompel (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · quc retal (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tr hâl (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ro aluniță (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · oc marca de naissença (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · cmn 記 /记 (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · sv födelsemärke (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · de Muttermal (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tsg ila (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · km ប្រជ្រុយ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · da modermærke (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · fa خال مادر زادی (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mt xewqa (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mhr меҥ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · cs mateřské znaménko (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · lad benk (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · kk мең (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · pl znak szczególny (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · tk meň (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ja （生まれつきの）あざ (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · udm мень (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ko 모반 (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · fr tache de naissance (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · mk бенка (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · az bənək (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · ja 母斑 (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · el σημάδι (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · hsb znamjo (a mark on the skin formed before birth) · bg бе́нка (a mark on the skin formed before birth)