sparke

See also: Sparke

English

Noun

sparke (plural sparkes)

  1. Obsolete form of spark.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspark(ə)/, /ˈspɛrk(ə)/

Noun

sparke (plural sparkes or (early) sparken)

  1. spark (glowing particle)
  2. (by extension) particle, mote

Descendants

  • English: spark (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: spark, sperk

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sparka.

Verb

sparke (imperative spark, present tense sparker, passive sparkes, simple past and past participle sparka or sparket, present participle sparkende)

  1. to kick
  2. to fire, sack (terminate the employment of someone)

Derived terms

References

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