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sprinkler

/ˈspɹɪŋklə/SPRING-klur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈspɹɪŋklɚ/SPRING-klur

Meaningone that sprinkles

Common meaning: a device that sprays water in drops

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sparg-‘crack, split, crackle, spring’source
  2. Old EnglishsprengansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsprengensource
  4. Englishsprinkle‘to scatter in drops’
  5. Englishformed in English from sprinklesprinkler‘a device that sprays water 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: Formed in English from sprinkle + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SPRINKLE, p.584 · scan

Source words

  • sprengan Old English · source word “scattering drops”

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