flake

English

/fleɪk/

noun
Definitions
  • A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
  • A scale of a fish or similar animal
  • (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
  • (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
  • A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
  • A flat turn or tier of rope.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English flake (a flake of snow) inherited from Old English *flacca derived from Old Norse flak (loose torn piece) derived from Proto-Germanic *flaką (something flat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pleh₂-

Gloss

flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field

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Kanji

野, 畑, 原

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