spuit
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spœy̯t/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: spuit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spoyte, probably related to spuien.
Noun
spuit f (plural spuiten, diminutive spuitje n)
- spout
- Gisteren ontdekte hij dat de spuit van de tuinslang kapot is.
- He discovered yesterday that the spout of the garden hose is broken.
- syringe
- Synonym: injectiespuit
- Dit geneesmiddel wordt door middel van een spuit toegediend. ― This medicine is administered by means of a syringe.
- injection, jab, shot
- (euphemistic, usually diminutive) euthanasia; lethal injection (particularly in relation to animals, usage in relation to humans may be considered crass)
- Ons konijn heeft vorige week een spuitje gekregen. ― Our rabbit was euthanised last week.
- (dated) gun, rifle
- Synonym: geweer
- De veteraan uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog had zijn oude spuit aan de mantel gehangen.
- The veteran of the First World War had hung his old gun on the mantle.
Derived terms
- hogedrukspuit
- injectiespuit
- slagroomspuit
- spuit elf
- spuitgast
- vrouwenspuit
- waterspuit
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: spuit
- Javindo: spuit
- Petjo: spuit
- → Indonesian: sepuit
- → Japanese: スポイト
- → Papiamentu: spùit
- → Norwegian Bokmål: sprøyte
- → Sranan Tongo: spoiti
- → Aukan: sipoiti
- → Caribbean Hindustani: spoiti
- → Caribbean Javanese: sepoiti
- → Saramaccan: sipóíti
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
spuit
- inflection of spuiten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
spuit
Anagrams
Indonesian
Noun
spuit (plural spuit-spuit)
- alternative spelling of sepuit (“syringe”)
Latin
Verb
spuit
- third-person singular present active indicative of spuō