Meanings
nounpockmark (plural pockmarks)
plural pockmarks
- A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
When we were quite well and tolerably free from pock-marks [from smallpox], my father took us to London with him, […]
1883, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “Whitehall before the Cobwebs”, in Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret de Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 4
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian петно
- петно (petno)mark or scar
Chinese Mandarin 麻子
- 麻子 (mázi)mark or scar
Finnish rokonarpi
- rokonarpimark or scar
French marque de petite vérole
- marque de petite vérolemark or scar
German Pockennarbe
- Pockennarbemark or scar
Hungarian himlőhely, ragya
- himlőhelymark or scar
- ragyamark or scar
Italian buttero
- butteromark or scar
Japanese 痘痕
- 痘痕 (abata)mark or scar
Māori koroputaputa
- koroputaputamark or scar
Polish blizna po ospie lub trądziku
- blizna po ospie lub trądzikumark or scar
Russian о́спина, ря́бина
- о́спина (óspina)mark or scar
- ря́бина (rjábina)mark or scar
Spanish cacaraña
- cacarañamark or scar
Swedish grop, koppärr
- gropmark or scar
- koppärrmark or scar
Turkish çopur
- çopurmark or scar
Cite this entry
APA
pockmark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmark
MLA
“pockmark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmark. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pockmark,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pockmark.
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