Flake — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a crystal of snow

a person with an unusual or odd personality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈeɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈeɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈeɪk/

1 syllable Say it as /flˈeɪk/.

Examples

a bit of rock caught him in the eye
The substances started to flake
The paint in my house is peeling off

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

geek eccentric person fleck chip scrap oddball snowflake peel flake off bit peel off eccentric

Parts of Speech

noun	a crystal of snow
noun	a person with an unusual or odd personality
noun	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole “a bit of rock caught him in the eye”
verb	form into flakes “The substances started to flake”
verb	cover with flakes or as if with flakes
verb	come off in flakes or thin small pieces “The paint in my house is peeling off”

Word Forms

chip	verb	form by chipping
flaky	adjective	made of or resembling flakes
flakey	adjective	made of or resembling flakes
flake	verb	come off in flakes or thin small pieces
peeling	noun	loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
flake	noun	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Flocke

ein Kristall aus Schnee

🇫🇷French

flocon

un cristal de neige

🇪🇸Spanish

escama

un cristal de nieve

🇮🇹Italian

fiocco

un cristallo di neve

🇳🇱Dutch

vlok

een kristal van sneeuw

🇵🇹Portuguese

floco

um cristal de neve

🇷🇺Russian

чешуйка

кристалл снега

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परत

बर्फ का एक क्रिस्टल

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্লেক

তুষার একটি স্ফটিক

🇮🇳Tamil

செதில்

ஒரு பனி படிகம்

🇮🇳Telugu

రేకు

మంచు స్ఫటికం

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लेक

बर्फाचा एक स्फटिक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લેક

બરફનું સ્ફટિક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಕ್ಕೆ

ಹಿಮದ ಸ್ಫಟಿಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടരുകളായി

മഞ്ഞിൻ്റെ ഒരു സ്ഫടികം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਲੇਕ

ਬਰਫ਼ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

فلیک

برف کا ایک کرسٹل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

薄片

雪晶

🇯🇵Japanese

フレーク

雪の結晶

🇰🇷Korean

플레이크

눈의 결정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vảy

một tinh thể tuyết

🇹🇭Thai

เกล็ด

ผลึกหิมะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengelupas

kristal salju

🇵🇭Filipino

matuklap

isang kristal ng niyebe

🇲🇾Malay

serpihan

kristal salji

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تقشر

بلورة من الثلج

🇮🇷Persian

پوسته پوسته شدن

یک کریستال برف

🇹🇷Turkish

pul

bir kar kristali

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְקַלֵף

גביש של שלג

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