sprout
see also: Sprout
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Sprout
Etymology
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see also: Sprout
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte, all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan.
Nounsprout (plural sprouts)
- A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- A child.
- Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!
- A Brussels sprout.
- In our family we eat sprouts but once a year, on Christmas.
- A bean sprout.
- An edible germinated seed.
- French: pousse
- German: Spross, Sprössling
- Italian: germoglio, getto, pollone, virgulto
- Portuguese: broto, rebento
- Russian: росто́к
- Spanish: brote, retoño
- French: jeune pousse (usually plural)
- German: Sprössling, Spross
- Spanish: retoño
- French: graine germée
From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.
Verbsprout (sprouts, present participle sprouting; simple past and past participle sprouted)
- (gardening, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.
- The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.
- (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.
- I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.
- (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.
- to sprout potatoes
- (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
- Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.
- A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.
- ackerspyre (Chester)
- unsprouted
- brussel sprout
- French: germer
- German: sprießen, keimen
- Italian: germogliare
- Portuguese: germinar
- Russian: прорастать
- Spanish: germinar
- French: faire germer
- Italian: germogliare
- Portuguese: brotar
- Spanish: brotar
Sprout
Etymology
- As a Dutch - surname, from spruit
- As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Sprott
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