spriet
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spriet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sprit/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spriet
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n)
- (botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig
- (nautical) sprit
- antenna
Derived terms
- boegspriet
- grasspriet
- voelspriet