English
Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard (#2)
A fire sprinkler mounted on a ceiling (#3)
Etymology
From sprinkle + -er.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/
Noun
sprinkler (plural sprinklers)
- Anything that sprinkles.
- An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
- A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
- Synonyms: fire sprinkler, sprinkler head
- Coordinate terms: drencher, fire extinguisher
- (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.
Derived terms
Translations
anything that sprinkles
- Bashkir: һиптергес (hipterges)
- Bulgarian: пръскачка f (prǎskačka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 灑水器 / 洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì)
- Georgian: წყალგამშხეფი (c̣q̇algamšxepi), წყალგამფრქვევი (c̣q̇algamprkvevi), სპრინკლერი (sṗrinḳleri)
- Hebrew: ממטרה (he) f (mamtéra)
- Hungarian: permetező (hu)
- Italian: spruzzatore m
- Japanese: スプリンクラー (ja) (supurinkurā)
- Korean: 스프링클러 (seupeuringkeulleo)
- Russian: разбры́згиватель (ru) m (razbrýzgivatelʹ), опры́скиватель (ru) m (oprýskivatelʹ), пульвериза́тор (ru) m (pulʹverizátor), спри́нклер (ru) m (sprínkler)
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irrigation device
- Bulgarian: дъждовална машина (dǎždovalna mašina)
- Catalan: ruixador m, arruixador m, aspersor (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 噴灑裝置 / 喷洒装置 (pēnsǎ zhuāngzhì), 噴灌器 / 喷灌器 (pēnguànqì), 灑水器 / 洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì)
- Finnish: sadettaja (fi), sadetin (fi)
- French: arroseur (fr) m, asperseur (fr) m
- Galician: aspersor m
- Georgian: წყალგამშხეფი (c̣q̇algamšxepi)
- German: Sprinkler (de) m, Sprinkleranlage (de) f
- Hungarian: locsoló (hu)
- Irish: aisréadóir m, spréire m
- Japanese: スプリンクラー (ja) (supurinkurā)
- Macedonian: пр́скалка f (pŕskalka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: spreder m
- Nynorsk: spreiar m
- Polish: zraszacz m
- Portuguese: aspersor m
- Russian: разбры́згиватель (ru) m (razbrýzgivatelʹ), опры́скиватель (ru) m (oprýskivatelʹ), дождева́льная устано́вка f (doždeválʹnaja ustanóvka), спри́нклер (ru) m (sprínkler)
- Spanish: aspersor (es) m, aspersor de irrigación m
- Swedish: vattenspridare (sv) c, sprinkler (sv) c
- Turkish: fıskiye (tr)
- Walloon: stritchete (wa) f, spritchoûle (wa) f
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fire sprinkler
- Bulgarian: противопожарен душ (protivopožaren duš)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自動噴水滅火裝置 / 自动喷水灭火装置 (zìdòng pēnshuǐ mièhuǒ zhuāngzhì)
- Finnish: sprinkleri (fi)
- French: gicleur d'incendie (fr) m, sprinkleur (fr) m
- Georgian: სპრინკლერი (sṗrinḳleri), წყალგამფრქვევი (c̣q̇algamprkvevi), წყლის გამფრქვევი (c̣q̇lis gamprkvevi)
- German: Feuerlöschanlage f
- Greek: καταιονητήρας (el) m (kataionitíras), καταιωνιστήρας (el) m (kataionistíras)
- Hungarian: automata tűzoltókészülék
- Irish: spréire uisce m
- Macedonian: противпожарна прскалка f (protivpožarna prskalka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sprinkler m
- Nynorsk: sprinklar m
- Polish: tryskacz (pl) m
- Russian: противопожа́рный спри́нклер m (protivopožárnyj sprínkler)
- Spanish: rociador m, rociador automático m, rociador contraincendios m, aspersor antiincendios m
- Swedish: sprinkler (sv) c
- Turkish: fıskiye (tr)
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Verb
sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)
- (transitive) To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English sprinkler.
Noun
sprinkler m (definite singular sprinkleren, indefinite plural sprinklere, definite plural sprinklerne)
- (firefighting) a sprinkler
See also
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprinkler.
Noun
sprinkler n (plural sprinklere)
- sprinkler
Declension
Declension of sprinkler
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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sprinkler
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sprinklerul
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sprinklere
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sprinklerele
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sprinkler
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sprinklerului
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sprinklere
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sprinklerelor
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sprinklerule
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sprinklerelor
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Swedish
Noun
sprinkler c
- a sprinkler (irrigation device)
- Synonym: vattenspridare
- a sprinkler (fire protection device)
Declension
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