sparse
/sˈpɑːs/SPAHRS
/sˈpɑɹs/SPAHRS
Meaningscattered
Common meaning: thinly scattered
- sparsto scatter, sprinkleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1734 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√SPARK‘sprinkle, to bespot, to scatter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 441, p. 746 · scan
- Latinspargō, sparsum‘to scatter, sprinkle’
- Englishsparse‘thinly scattered’ · today
spars also in: disperseaspersionintersperse
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin spargō ‘to scatter, sprinkle’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry spargō, p. 1734 · dictionary scan
Roots
- spargō, sparsum Latin “to scatter, sprinkle”
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