Meaning

4 senses
  1. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

    He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.

  2. A light rain shower.

    Nieselregen

    a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

  3. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.

    the act of sprinkling or splashing water

  4. A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Tom sprinkled some sugar on the toast.

    ruТом посыпал сахаром тост. — odexed

    deTom streute etwas Zucker auf den Toast. — Espi

  2. Tom sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk.

    ruТом посыпал оледенелый тротуар золой. — sharptoothed

  3. It began to sprinkle.

    deEs begann zu nieseln. — Manfredo

  4. Tom tasted the popcorn and decided it wasn't salty enough, so he sprinkled on some more salt.

    ruТом попробовал попкорн и решил, что он недостаточно соленый, поэтому он его подсолил. — maks

    deTom probierte das Popcorn, und da er zu dem Schluss kam, dass es nicht salzig genug war, streute er sich noch etwas Salz darauf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. It's sprinkling outside.

    ruНа улице моросит. — marafon

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
A light rain shower:

Origin

From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to spr

From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”).

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Forms

plural: sprinkles
Singularsprinkle
Pluralsprinkles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
light covering with a sprinkled substance:sprinkling
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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