teardrop

teardrop

English

Sad clown with teardrop makeup

teardrop shape

Etymology

tear +‎ drop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪədɹɒp/

Noun

teardrop (plural teardrops)

1. a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).

   Devin's teardrop landed on Cody's head.

2. The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall. (Note that once detached from a surface, a drop changes shape to become spherical).

Hypernyms

• drop

Translations

single tear

Arabic: دَمْعَة‎ (ar) f (damʕa) Egyptian Arabic: دمعة‎ f (damʕa) Hijazi Arabic: دمعة‎ f (damʕa) Moroccan Arabic: دمعة‎ f (damʕa) Bulgarian: сълза (bg) f (sǎlza) Catalan: llàgrima (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 淚滴／泪滴 (lèidī), 淚水／泪水 (zh) (lèishuǐ), 眼淚／眼泪 (zh) (yǎnlèi) Czech: slza (cs) f Dutch: traan (nl) m or f Finnish: kyynel (fi) French: larme (fr) f German: Träne (de) f, Tränentropfen m Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 n (tagr) Hungarian: könnycsepp (hu) Japanese: 涙の雫 (なみだのしずく, namida no shizuku), 涙 (ja) (なみだ, namida) Oromo: immimamaan Polish: łza (pl) Portuguese: lágrima (pt) f Romani: aswin f Romanian: lacrimă (ro) f Russian: слеза́ (ru) f (slezá), слези́нка (ru) f (slezínka) Spanish: lágrima (es) f Swedish: tår (sv) c Turkish: gözyaşı damlası Vietnamese: giọt nước mắt, giọt lệ

shape of a drop of liquid

Bulgarian: капка (bg) f (kapka) Finnish: pisara (fi) French: goutte d’eau (fr) f Japanese: 涙滴型 Portuguese: gota (pt) f Spanish: lagrima (es) f Turkish: gözyaşı damlası şekli

See also

• tears on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• parroted, predator, prorated, protrade, rope dart