Pock — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a pustule in an eruptive disease

mark with a scar

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɑːk/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɒk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɒk/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈɑːk/.

Examples

The skin disease scarred his face permanently

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scar mark pit

Parts of Speech

noun	a pustule in an eruptive disease
verb	mark with a scar “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”

Word Forms

pock	verb	mark with a scar
scar	noun	an indication of damage
mark	noun	an indication of damage
pock	noun	a pustule in an eruptive disease
pit	noun	a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
pitting	noun	the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Pocke

eine Pustel bei einer Eruptionskrankheit

🇫🇷French

poche

une pustule dans une maladie éruptive

🇪🇸Spanish

picadura

una pústula en una enfermedad eruptiva

🇮🇹Italian

butterato

una pustola in una malattia eruttiva

🇳🇱Dutch

pok

een puistje bij een eruptieve ziekte

🇵🇹Portuguese

bolso

uma pústula em uma doença eruptiva

🇷🇺Russian

оспина

пустула при сыпном заболевании

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फुंसी

किसी विस्फोटित रोग में फुंसी

🇧🇩Bengali

পক

একটি বিস্ফোরণজনিত রোগে একটি পুস্টুল

🇮🇳Tamil

பை

வெடிக்கும் நோயில் ஒரு கொப்புளம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పోక్

ఒక విస్ఫోటనం వ్యాధిలో ఒక స్ఫోటము

🇮🇳Marathi

पोक

एक उद्रेक रोग मध्ये एक pustule

🇮🇳Gujarati

પોક

વિસ્ફોટના રોગમાં પસ્ટ્યુલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೋಕ್

ಉಗುಳುವ ರೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಪಸ್ಟಲ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

പോക്ക്

ഒരു പൊട്ടിത്തെറി രോഗത്തിൽ ഒരു സ്തംഭനം

🇵🇰Urdu

جیب

پھٹنے والی بیماری میں ایک آبلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

麻子

发疹性疾病中的脓疱

🇯🇵Japanese

あばた

発疹性疾患における膿疱

🇰🇷Korean

두창

발진성 질환의 농포

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cái túi

mụn mủ trong bệnh bùng phát

🇹🇭Thai

ฝี

ตุ่มหนองในโรคที่ปะทุ

🇮🇩Indonesian

bintik

pustula pada penyakit erupsi

🇵🇭Filipino

bulsa

isang pustule sa isang eruptive na sakit

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بثرة

بثرة في مرض انفجاري

🇮🇷Persian

جیب

یک پوسچول در یک بیماری فوران

🇹🇷Turkish

kabarcık

Erüptif bir hastalıkta bir püstül

🇮🇱Hebrew

כיס

פוסטולה במחלה מתפרצת

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