dimple
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-
Proto-Germanic *dumpaz
Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz
Proto-West Germanic *dumpil
Old English *dympel
Middle English dimpel
English dimple
From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumpil, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpaz (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole, pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).
Cognate with German Low German Dümpel, German Tümpel (“pond, pool”). Related also to Old English dyppan (“to dip”).
Base: dump
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: dimples
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dimples
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dimpling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dimpled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dimpled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A small depression or indentation in a surface.
pos: noun
examples: The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.
gloss: A small depression or indentation in a surface.
pos: noun
examples: You have very cute dimples.
gloss: A small depression or indentation in a surface.
pos: noun
gloss: To form a small indentation in (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
gloss: To form a small indentation in (something).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
gloss: To form a small indentation in (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And smiling eddies dimpled o'er the main.
Derived words: bedimple
chin dimple
dimplement
dimple of Venus
dimpleplasty
dimply
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: نُقْرَة
roman: nuqra
lang: Arabic
word: غمازة
roman: ġamāza
lang: Bulgarian
word: падина
roman: padina
lang: Catalan
word: clotet
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 凹
roman: āo
lang: Dutch
word: bult
lang: Dutch
word: gaatje
lang: Finnish
word: kolo
lang: Finnish
word: lommo
lang: Finnish
word: kolhu
lang: French
word: alvéole
lang: German
word: Delle
lang: German
word: Beule
lang: Irish
word: loigín
lang: Italian
word: bozza
lang: Japanese
word: 凹み
roman: kubomi
lang: Japanese
word: へこみ
roman: hekomi
lang: Portuguese
word: covinha
lang: Romanian
word: adâncitură
lang: Romanian
word: cufundătură
lang: Romanian
word: scobitură
lang: Romanian
word: scufundătură
lang: Russian
word: я́мка
roman: jámka
lang: Russian
word: вы́боина
roman: výboina
lang: Spanish
word: hoyuelo
lang: Swedish
word: bula
lang: Swedish
word: buckla
lang: Swedish
word: inbuktning
lang: Turkish
word: göçük
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چوقور
roman: çukur
lang: Welsh
word: pannwl
lang: Welsh
word: crych
lang: Welsh
word: pant
lang: Arabic
word: غَمّازة
roman: ḡammāza
lang: Aromanian
word: grupicã
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qəmzə
lang: Bulgarian
word: трапчинка
roman: trapčinka
lang: Catalan
word: clotet
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 酒窟仔
roman: jiuˋ fudˋ eˇ
lang: Chinese
word: 酒窟仔
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 酒窩 /酒窝
roman: jiǔwō
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 靨 /靥
roman: yè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 酒渦 /酒涡
roman: jiǔwō
lang: Czech
word: důlek
lang: Czech
word: dolík
lang: Dutch
word: kuiltje
lang: Finnish
word: hymykuoppa
lang: French
word: fossette
lang: German
word: Grübchen
lang: Greek
word: λακκάκι
roman: lakkáki
lang: Hebrew
word: גומת חן \ גֻּמַּת חֵן
roman: gumát khén
lang: Hebrew
word: גומה \ גֻּמָּה
roman: gumá
lang: Hindi
word: हिलकोरा
roman: hilkorā
lang: Hungarian
word: gödröcske
lang: Icelandic
word: spékoppur
lang: Indonesian
word: lesung pipi
lang: Irish
word: loigín
lang: Italian
word: fossetta
lang: Japanese
word: 靨
roman: ekubo
lang: Japanese
word: えくぼ
roman: ekubo
lang: Japanese
word: ディンプル
roman: dinpuru
lang: Korean
word: 보조개
roman: bojogae
lang: Korean
word: 볼우물
roman: borumul
lang: Latin
word: gelasīnus
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Kailchen
lang: Malay
word: lesung pipit
lang: Māori
word: ngongo
lang: Marathi
word: खळी
roman: khaḷī
lang: Navajo
word: aniishtłʼah
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: smilehull
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: smilehól
lang: Polish
word: dołeczek
lang: Portuguese
word: covinha
lang: Romanian
word: gropiță
lang: Russian
word: я́мочка
roman: jámočka
lang: Slovak
word: jamka
lang: Spanish
word: hoyuelo
lang: Spanish
word: camanance
lang: Spanish
word: chocoyo
lang: Swedish
word: smilgrop
lang: Swedish
word: skrattgrop
lang: Tagalog
word: biloy
lang: Thai
word: ลักยิ้ม
roman: lák-yím
lang: Turkish
word: gamze
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: غمزة
roman: gamze
lang: Vietnamese
word: lúm đồng tiền
lang: Welsh
word: bochdwll
lang: Yiddish
word: חן־גריבל
roman: kheyn-gribl
lang: Dutch
word: blutsen
lang: Dutch
word: indeuken
lang: Dutch
word: deuken
lang: Finnish
word: kolhaista
lang: Finnish
word: kolhia
lang: Finnish
word: tehdä lommo
lang: German
word: eindellen
lang: German
word: einbeulen
lang: Greek
word: πτυχώσει
roman: ptychósei
lang: Portuguese
word: ondear
lang: Romanian
word: cresta