spark

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-Germanic *sparkōn (cf. Dutch sprank, Middle Low German sparke), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- 'to strew, sprinkle' (cf. Breton erc'h ‘snow’, Latin spargere ‘to scatter, spread’, sparsus ‘scattered’, Lithuanian sprógti ‘to germinate’, Ancient Greek spargân ‘to swell’, Avestan frasparega ‘branch, twig’, Sanskrit Parjanva ‘rain, rain god’).

Noun

spark (plural sparks)

  1. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
  2. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
  3. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
  4. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
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Translations
particle of glowing matter
  • Arabic: شرارة (šará:ra) f.
  • Armenian: կայծ hy(hy) (kayç)
    Old Armenian: կայծ (kayc), կայծակն (kaycakn)
  • Bosnian: iskra bs(bs) f.
  • Chinese: 火花 (huǒhuā)
  • Danish: gnist da(da) c.
  • Dutch: vonk nl(nl)
  • Finnish: kipinä fi(fi)
  • French: étincelle fr(fr) f.
  • German: Funke de(de) m.
  • Hungarian: szikra hu(hu)
  • Ido: cintilo io(io)
  • Italian: scintilla it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 火花 (ひばな, hibana)
  • Korean: 불꽃 (bulkkot)
  • Kurdish: چه‌خماخه‌, پڕشنگ
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: gnist m.
    • Nynorsk: gneiste m.
  • Portuguese: faísca pt(pt) f.
  • Romanian: scânteie ro(ro)
  • Russian: искра ru(ru) (ískra) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: искра f.
    Roman: iskra f., varnica f., žižica f., žiža f.
  • Spanish: chispa es(es) f.
  • Swedish: gnista sv(sv)
burst of electrical discharge
  • Armenian: կայծ hy(hy) (kayç)
    Old Armenian: կայծ (kayc), կայծակն (kaycakn)
  • Bosnian: iskra bs(bs) f.
  • Czech: jiskra cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: gnist da(da) c.
  • Dutch: vonk nl(nl)
  • Finnish: kipinä fi(fi)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: gnist m.
    • Nynorsk: gneiste m.
  • Russian: искра ru(ru) (ískra) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: искра f.
    Roman: iskra f., varnica f.
  • Spanish: chispa es(es) f.
figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater
  • Danish: gnist da(da) c.
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: gnist m.
    • Nynorsk: gneiste m.
informal: ship's radio operator
  • Armenian: ռադիստ hy(hy) (ṙadist)
  • Norwegian: gnist no(no) m.
  • Russian: электрик (non-slang), паяльник (slang)

Verb

to spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)

  1. (transitive) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
  2. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr 'sprightly'

Noun

spark (plural sparks)

  1. A gallant, a foppish young man
  2. A beau, lover

Verb

to spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)

  1. To woo, court

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spark, verbal noun to sparka (“to kick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

spark n. (singular definite sparket, plural indefinite spark)

  1. kick

Inflection

Inflection of spark
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative spark sparket spark sparkene
genitive sparks sparkets sparks sparkenes

Verb

spark

  1. Imperative of sparke

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

spark n.

  1. kick

Declension

Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spark sparkið spørk spørkini
Accusative spark sparkið spørk spørkini
Dative sparki sparkinum spørkum spørkunum
Genitive sparks sparksins sparka sparkanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

spark n.

  1. a kick

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

Declension of spark
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spark sparken sparkar sparkarna
genitive sparks sparkens sparkars sparkarnas

spark c.

  1. a kick

Derived terms

 

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