cáithnín — meaning in English

English meaning

• flake noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
• mote noun A small particle; a speck.
• particle noun A very small piece or amount of matter.
• poser noun A difficult or puzzling question.
• speck noun A very small spot, mark, or particle.

Senses

cáithnín is used for these senses in English:

• flake A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
• mote (literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A small particle; a speck.
• particle A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.]
• particle (physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. [from 19th c.]
• poser (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

flake — full definition

1. noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
2. noun An unreliable person who often cancels plans or fails to follow through.
3. verb To back out of plans or fail to follow through on a commitment.
4. verb To break off in small thin pieces.

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