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spark
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: spärk, IPA(key): /sp??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: späk, IPA(key): /sp??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: SPARC
Etymology 1
From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-Germanic *sprakô (compare Dutch spark and sprank, Middle Low German sparke), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin sparg? (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek ??????? (spargá?, “to swell”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????????? (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit ??????? (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)).
Noun
spark (plural sparks)
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
- (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVII
- But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
- Everton's Marouane Fellaini looks one certain arrival but Moyes, who also saw United held to a draw by Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, needs even more of a spark in a midfield that looked laboured by this team's standards.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVII
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
- (Britain, slang) An electrician.
Synonyms
- (small particle of glowing matter): ember, gnast, funk
- (small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater): beginnings, germ, glimmer
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Esperanto: sparko
Translations
Verb
spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)
- (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
- (transitive) To light; to kindle.
- 2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix (page 12)
- Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand.
- 2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix (page 12)
- (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
Derived terms
- spark off
- sparkle
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”).
Noun
spark (plural sparks)
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
- Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”
- A beau, lover.
Verb
spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)
- (intransitive) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.
Synonyms
- make love, romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo
Derived terms
- sparkish
- sparker
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- K-spar, Karps, Parks, Praks, parks
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse spark, verbal noun to sparka (“to kick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spark/, [sb?????]
Noun
spark n (singular definite sparket, plural indefinite spark)
- kick
Inflection
Verb
spark
- imperative of sparke
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spa??k/
Noun
spark n (genitive singular sparks, plural spørk)
- kick
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From sparka (“to kick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spar?k/
- Rhymes: -ar?k
Noun
spark n (genitive singular sparks, nominative plural spörk)
- kick
Declension
Middle English
Noun
spark
- Alternative form of sparke
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka or sparkene)
- a kick (with a foot)
Derived terms
- brassespark
- frispark
- hjørnespark
- straffespark
Related terms
- sparke
Verb
spark
- imperative of sparke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka)
- a kick (with a foot)
Derived terms
- brassespark
- frispark
- hjørnespark
- straffespark
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse spark, from sparka (“to kick”).
Noun
spark c
- kick
- kicksled; short for sparkstötting
Declension
Anagrams
- karps, parks, skarp
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doubler
English
Etymology
double +? -er
Noun
doubler (plural doublers)
- One who doubles.
- An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
- (structural engineering) A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
- (US, dialect) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
- (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.
- Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
- (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
- A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
- A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
Anagrams
- Boulder, boulder
French
Etymology
From Old French dobler, from Late Latin d?pl?, from Latin d?plus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.ble/
Verb
doubler
- to double, duplicate
- A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
- to double-cross
- Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
- to overtake, pass
- Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
- to dub
- Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.
- (Belgium) to repeat a school year
- Synonym: redoubler
Conjugation
Derived terms
- doublage
- redoubler
- dédoubler
Descendants
- ? Romanian: dubla
See also
- dupliquer
Further reading
- “doubler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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