sprinkler

sprinkler

See also: Sprinkler

English

Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard (#2)

A fire sprinkler mounted on a ceiling (#3)

Etymology

sprinkle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/

Noun

sprinkler (plural sprinklers)

1. Anything that sprinkles.
2. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
3. A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.

   Synonyms: fire sprinkler, sprinkler head

   Coordinate terms: drencher, fire extinguisher

4. (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.

Translations

anything that sprinkles

Bashkir: һиптергес (hipterges) Bulgarian: пръскачка f (prǎskačka) Chinese: Mandarin: 灑水器／洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì) Georgian: წყალგამშხეფი (c̣q̇algamšxepi), წყალგამფრქვევი (c̣q̇algamprkvevi), სპრინკლერი (sṗrinḳleri) Hungarian: permetező Italian: spruzzatore m Japanese: スプリンクラー (ja) (supurinkurā) Russian: разбры́згиватель (ru) m (razbrýzgivatelʹ), опры́скиватель (ru) m (oprýskivatelʹ), пульвериза́тор (ru) m (pulʹverizátor), спри́нклер (ru) m (sprínkler)

irrigation device

Bulgarian: дъждовална машина (dǎždovalna mašina) Catalan: ruixador m, arruixador m, aspersor m Chinese: Mandarin: 噴灑裝置／喷洒装置 (pēnsǎ zhuāngzhì), 噴灌器／喷灌器 (pēnguànqì), 灑水器／洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì) Finnish: sadettaja (fi), sadetin (fi) French: arroseur (fr) m, asperseur (fr) m Galician: aspersor m Georgian: წყალგამშხეფი (c̣q̇algamšxepi) German: Sprinkler (de) m, Sprinkleranlage (de) f Hungarian: locsoló Irish: aisréadóir m, spréire m Japanese: スプリンクラー (ja) (supurinkurā) Macedonian: пр́скалка f (pŕskalka) Norwegian: Bokmål: spreder m Nynorsk: spreiar m Polish: zraszacz m Portuguese: aspersor m Russian: разбры́згиватель (ru) m (razbrýzgivatelʹ), опры́скиватель (ru) m (oprýskivatelʹ), дождева́льная устано́вка f (doždeválʹnaja ustanóvka), спри́нклер (ru) m (sprínkler) Spanish: aspersor m Swedish: vattenspridare (sv) c, sprinkler (sv) c Turkish: fıskiye (tr) Walloon: stritchete (wa) f, spritchoûle (wa) f

fire sprinkler

Bulgarian: противопожарен душ (protivopožaren duš) Chinese: Mandarin: 自動噴水滅火裝置／自动喷水灭火装置 (zìdòng pēnshuǐ mièhuǒ zhuāngzhì) Finnish: sprinkleri (fi) French: gicleur d'incendie (fr) m, sprinkleur (fr) m Georgian: სპრინკლერი (sṗrinḳleri), წყალგამფრქვევი (c̣q̇algamprkvevi), წყლის გამფრქვევი (c̣q̇lis gamprkvevi) German: Feuerlöschanlage f Hungarian: automata tűzoltókészülék Irish: spréire uisce m Macedonian: противпожарна прскалка f (protivpožarna prskalka) Norwegian: Bokmål: sprinkler m Nynorsk: sprinklar m Polish: tryskacz (pl) m Russian: противопожа́рный спри́нклер m (protivopožárnyj sprínkler) Spanish: rociador m, rociador automático m, rociador contra incendios m Swedish: sprinkler (sv) c Turkish: fıskiye (tr)

Verb

sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)

1. (transitive) To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sprinkler.

Noun

sprinkler m (definite singular sprinkleren, indefinite plural sprinklere, definite plural sprinklerne)

1. (firefighting) a sprinkler

See also

• sprinklar (Nynorsk)

References

• “sprinkler” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From English sprinkler.

Noun

sprinkler n (plural sprinklere)

1. sprinkler

Declension

Declension of sprinkler

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sprinkler	sprinklerul	(niște) sprinklere	sprinklerele
genitive/dative	(unui) sprinkler	sprinklerului	(unor) sprinklere	sprinklerelor
vocative	sprinklerule		sprinklerelor

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Swedish

Noun

sprinkler c

1. a sprinkler (irrigation device)

   Synonym: vattenspridare

2. a sprinkler (fire protection device)

Declension

Declension of sprinkler
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sprinkler	sprinklern	sprinkler, sprinklers	sprinklerna
Genitive	sprinklers	sprinklerns	sprinklers	sprinklernas

References

• sprinkler in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sprinkler in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sprinkler in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)