Meanings
nounbirthmark (plural birthmarks)
plural birthmarks
- A mark on the skin formed before birth.
large birthmark
4 more examples
facial birthmark
She has a small birthmark on her left shoulder.
The detective identified him by a distinctive birthmark.
The pragmatic journalist’s daughter would, and did, explain these “memories” as the work of an imagination hypersensitized by her father’s recent death, but a detail in one letter will not be dismissed. 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَحْمَة
- وَحْمَة (waḥma)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Bulgarian бе́нка
- бе́нка (bénka)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Catalan marca de naixença
- marca de naixençaa mark on the skin formed before birth
Chinese Mandarin 胎記 /胎记, 記 /记
- 胎記 /胎记 (tāijì)a mark on the skin formed before birth
- 記 /记 (jì)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Czech mateřské znaménko
- mateřské znaménkoa mark on the skin formed before birth
Danish modermærke
- modermærkea mark on the skin formed before birth
Dutch moedervlek
- moedervleka mark on the skin formed before birth
Esperanto naskomarko, denaska makulo
- naskomarkoa mark on the skin formed before birth
- denaska makuloa mark on the skin formed before birth
- stigmatoa mark on the skin formed before birth
Estonian sünnimärk
- sünnimärka mark on the skin formed before birth
Finnish syntymämerkki
- syntymämerkkia mark on the skin formed before birth
French tache de naissance, tache de vin
- tache de naissancea mark on the skin formed before birth
- tache de vina mark on the skin formed before birth
German Muttermal, Mal
- Muttermala mark on the skin formed before birth
- Mala mark on the skin formed before birth
Greek σημάδι
- σημάδι (simádi)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Hebrew כתם לידה, סִימָן מוּלָד
- כתם לידה (ketem leida)a mark on the skin formed before birth
- סִימָן מוּלָד (siman mulad)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Hindi जन्म चिह्न
- जन्म चिह्न (janma cihna)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Hungarian anyajegy
- anyajegya mark on the skin formed before birth
Indonesian kenan, tahi lalat
- kenana mark on the skin formed before birth
- tahi lalata mark on the skin formed before birth
- tompela mark on the skin formed before birth
Irish ball broinne, comhartha broinne
- ball broinnea mark on the skin formed before birth
- comhartha broinnea mark on the skin formed before birth
Italian voglia
- vogliaa mark on the skin formed before birth
Japanese 母斑, （生まれつきの）あざ
- 母斑 (bohan)a mark on the skin formed before birth
- （生まれつきの）あざa mark on the skin formed before birth
Korean 모반
- 모반 (moban)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Latin naevus
- naevusa mark on the skin formed before birth
Latvian dzimumzīme
- dzimumzīmea mark on the skin formed before birth
Lithuanian apgamas
- apgamasa mark on the skin formed before birth
Māori ira
- iraa mark on the skin formed before birth
Norwegian føflekk, fødselsmerke
- føflekka mark on the skin formed before birth
- fødselsmerkea mark on the skin formed before birth
Persian خال مادر زادی
- خال مادر زادیa mark on the skin formed before birth
Polish znak szczególny
- znak szczególnya mark on the skin formed before birth
Portuguese marca de nascença
- marca de nascençaa mark on the skin formed before birth
Romanian semn de naștere, aluniță
- semn de nașterea mark on the skin formed before birth
- alunițăa mark on the skin formed before birth
Russian ро́динка, роди́мое пятно́
- ро́динка (ródinka)a mark on the skin formed before birth
- роди́мое пятно́ (rodímoje pjatnó)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Slovak materské znamienko
- materské znamienkoa mark on the skin formed before birth
Spanish mancha de nacimiento, lunar
- mancha de nacimientoa mark on the skin formed before birth
- lunara mark on the skin formed before birth
Swahili kizalia
- kizaliaa mark on the skin formed before birth
Swedish födelsemärke, nevus
- födelsemärkea mark on the skin formed before birth
- nevusa mark on the skin formed before birth
- leverfläcka mark on the skin formed before birth
Tagalog balat
- balata mark on the skin formed before birth
Thai ปาน
- ปาน (bpaan)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Turkish leke, yama
- lekea mark on the skin formed before birth
- yamaa mark on the skin formed before birth
- bena mark on the skin formed before birth
- hâla mark on the skin formed before birth
Ukrainian роди́мка
- роди́мка (rodýmka)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Vietnamese bớt
- bớta mark on the skin formed before birth
Welsh man geni
- man genia mark on the skin formed before birth
Yiddish מוטער־צייכן
- מוטער־צייכן (muter-tseykhn)a mark on the skin formed before birth
Cite this entry
APA
birthmark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthmark
MLA
“birthmark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthmark. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birthmark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthmark.
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