birthmark
/ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/
birthmark noun: a mark on the skin formed before birth.
Noun
birthmark (plural birthmarks)
birthmark meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
birthmark in Hindi
- a mark on the skin formed before birth
- जन्म चिह्न janma cihna
birthmark in Tamil
- பிறவி அங்க அடையாளம்
birthmark in Marathi
- a mark on the skin formed before birth
- जन्मखूण janmakhūṇ
birthmark in Telugu
- a mark on the skin formed before birth
- పుట్టుమచ్చ puṭṭumacca
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- birthmark in Malayalam
- ശാരീരികാടയാളം, ജന്മാടയാളം, മറു, മറുക്
- birthmark in Kannada
- ಹುಟ್ಟುಮಚ್ಚೆ, ಜನ್ಮಚಿಹ್ನೆ
- birthmark in Tagalog
- balat
- birthmark in Arabic
- وَحْمَة waḥma
- birthmark in Indonesian
- kenan, tahi lalat, tompel
- birthmark in Persian
- خال مادر زادی
- birthmark in Thai
- ปาน bpaan
- birthmark in Vietnamese
- bớt
Examples of birthmark in a sentence
- She has a small birthmark on her left shoulder.
- The detective identified him by a distinctive birthmark.
- Robert Frobisher mentions a comet-shaped birthmark between his shoulder blade and collarbone.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120:
Forms of birthmark
| plural | birthmarks |
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Origin of birthmark
From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.
Words formed from birthmark
Questions about birthmark
- What does birthmark mean?
- Birthmark means a mark on the skin formed before birth.
- What is birthmark in Hindi?
- Birthmark in Hindi is जन्म चिह्न (janma cihna). See Birthmark meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use birthmark in a sentence?
- She has a small birthmark on her left shoulder.
- What part of speech is birthmark?
- Birthmark is a noun.
- How do you pronounce birthmark?
- Birthmark is pronounced /ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/ (US).
- What is the plural of birthmark?
- The plural of birthmark is birthmarks.
Words near birthmark in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: birthmark (page history and authors); birthmark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); birthmark (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); birthmark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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