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sprinkle

/spˈɹɪŋkəl/SPRING-kuhl
/spˈɹɪŋkəl/SPRING-kuhl

Meaningscattering drops

Common meaning: to scatter in drops

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SPARG‘crack, split, crackle, spring’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 442, p. 746 · scan
  2. Old EnglishsprengansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsprengensource
  4. Englishsprinkle‘to scatter in drops’ · today

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sprengan ‘scattering drops’.

Roots

  • sprengan Old English “scattering drops”

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