sparge

sparge

English

WOTD – 16 October 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɑɹd͡ʒ/

Verb

sparge (third-person singular simple present sparges, present participle sparging, simple past and past participle sparged)

1. To sprinkle or spray.
2. (transitive) To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).

   Bubble machines sparge water for platform diving competitions to lessen the impact.

Translations

to sprinkle or spray

Armenian: ցողել (hy) (cʿołel), ցնցղել (hy) (cʿncʿłel), սրսկել (hy) (srskel), պզցնել (pzcʿnel) (colloquial) Dutch: sprenkelen (nl)

Finnish: pirskottaa (sprinkle), sumuttaa (fi) (spray)

to introduce bubbles

Finnish: kuplittaa

Noun

sparge (plural sparges)

1. (brewing) Synonym of lautering

Anagrams

• Gasper, gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parges

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Italian

Verb

sparge

1. third-person singular present indicative of spargere

Anagrams

• sperga

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Latin

Verb

sparge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of spargō

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin spargere, present active infinitive of spargō (“scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.d͡ʒe/

Verb

a sparge (third-person singular present sparge, past participle spart) 3rd conj.

1. to break, burst, shatter, snap
2. to destroy, crush

Conjugation

    conjugation of sparge (third conjugation, past participle in -t)

infinitive			a sparge
gerund			spărgând
past participle			spart
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sparg	spargi	sparge	spargem	spargeți	sparg
	imperfect	spărgeam	spărgeai	spărgea	spărgeam	spărgeați	spărgeau
	simple perfect	spărsei	spărseși	sparse	sparserăm	sparserăți	sparseră
	pluperfect	spărsesem	spărseseși	spărsese	spărseserăm	spărseserăți	spărseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sparg	să spargi	să spargă	să spargem	să spargeți	să spargă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sparge			spargeți
	negative		nu sparge			nu spargeți

Synonyms

• crăpa, rupe, frânge

Derived terms

• spargere
• spart