spigot

spigot

English

Etymology

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Old French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/[1]
• Homophone: spicket (occasionally)

Noun

spigot (plural spigots)

1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
2. The plug of a faucet or cock.
3. (Appalachia) A faucet.

Translations

a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask

Catalan: tap (ca) m Finnish: tappi (fi) Galician: billa f, espita (gl) f, espicho m

Norwegian: svikk m Serbo-Croatian: slavina (sh), pipa (sh)

the plug of a faucet or cock

Catalan: aixeta (ca) f Finnish: tulppa (fi) Norwegian: tapp m, propp m

Serbo-Croatian: slavina (sh) f Spanish: llave (es) f, (faucet) grifo (es) m, (cock) válvula (es)

faucet — see tap

References

1. Harvard Dialect Survey