spriet

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sprit/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: spriet
  • Rhymes: -it

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spriet, from Old Dutch *spriet, from Proto-West Germanic *spreut.

Noun

spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n)

  1. (botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig
  2. (nautical) sprit
  3. antenna
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: sprichi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Sprit.

Noun

spriet m (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) lignite
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