Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 56648 6893475 2009-06-27T08:04:16Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|spärk}}, {{IPA|/spɑː(r)k/}}, {{SAMPA|/spA:(r)k/}} * {{audio|en-us-spark.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɑː(r)k}} ====Homophones==== * [[SPARC]] ===Etymology 1=== ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A small [[particle]] of [[glow]]ing matter, either [[molten]] or on [[fire]]. # A short or small [[burst]] of electrical [[discharge]]. # {{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. # (''in plural'' '''sparks''' ''but treated as a singular'') A ship's [[radio operator]]. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|small amount of something|such as an idea|that has the potential to become something greater}} [[beginning]]s, [[germ]], [[glimmer]] =====Derived terms===== * [[sparkle]] * [[bright spark]] * [[spark arrester]] * [[spark coil]] * [[spark gap]] * [[spark knock]] * [[spark of life]] * [[spark plug]] * [[spark transmitter]] * [[sparks fly]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|particle of glowing matter}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شرارة]]}} {{unicode|(šará:ra)}} {{f}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կայծ|tr=kayç|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|կայծ|tr=kayc|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|xcl|կայծակն|tr=kaycakn|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * Bosnian: [[iskra#Bosnian|iskra]] {{f}} * Chinese: [[火花]] (huǒhuā) * Dutch: [[vonk]] * Finnish: [[kipinä]] * French: [[étincelle]] {{f}} * German: [[Funke]] {{m}} * Hungarian: [[szikra]] * Italian: [[scintilla]] {{f}} * Japanese: [[火花]] (ひばな, hibana) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[불꽃]] (bulkkot) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[چه‌خماخه‌]]}}, {{ku-Arab|[[پڕشنگ]]}} * Norwegian: ** Bokmål: [[gnist]] {{m}} ** Nynorsk: [[gneiste]] {{m}} * Portuguese: [[faísca]] {{f}} * Russian: [[искра]] (ískra) {{f}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[искра#Serbian|искра]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[iskra#Serbian|iskra]] {{f}}, [[varnica]] {{f}}, [[žižica]] {{f}}, [[žiža]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[chispa]] {{f}} * Swedish: [[gnista]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|burst of electrical discharge}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կայծ|tr=kayç|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|կայծ|tr=kayc|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|xcl|կայծակն|tr=kaycakn|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * Bosnian: [[iskra#Bosnian|iskra]] {{f}} * Dutch: [[vonk]] * Finnish: [[kipinä]] * Norwegian: ** Bokmål: [[gnist]] {{m}} ** Nynorsk: [[gneiste]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[искра]] (ískra) {{f}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[искра#Serbian|искра]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[iskra#Serbian|iskra]] {{f}}, [[varnica]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater}} <!--Add slang terms to this table, if these exist--> * Norwegian: ** Bokmål: [[gnist]] {{m}} ** Nynorsk: [[gneiste]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|informal: ship's radio operator}} <!--Add informal terms to this table, if these exist--> * Armenian: {{t|hy|ռադիստ|tr=ṙadist|sc=Armn}} * Norwegian: [[gnist]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[электрик]] (''non-slang''), [[паяльник]] (''slang'') {{trans-bottom}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To [[trigger]], [[kindle]] into activity (an argument, etc). # {{intransitive}} To [[give off]] a spark or sparks. =====Derived terms===== * [[spark off]] * [[sparkle]] ===Etymology 2=== probably Scandinavian, akin to {{etyl|non}} [[sparkr]] 'sprightly' ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A [[gallant]], a [[foppish]] young man # A [[beau]], [[lover]] ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # To [[woo]], [[court]] ====Derived terms==== * [[sparkish]] * [[sparker]] ===References=== * {{R:Websters}} ---- ==Danish== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|non|da}} {{term|spark|lang=non}}, verbal noun to {{term|sparka||to kick|lang=non}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/spark/|[sb̥ɑːɡ̊]|lang=da}} ===Noun=== {{da-noun|et}} # [[kick]] ====Inflection==== {{da-noun-infl|et}} ===Verb=== {{infl|da|verb form}} # {{form of|imperative|sparke|lang=Danish}} ---- ==Faroese== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|[spaʃk]|lang=fo}} ===Noun=== '''spark''' {{n}} # [[kick]] ====Declension==== {{fo-decl-noun-n5|sp|a|rk|ø}} ====Derived terms==== * [[sparka]] (to kick) * [[brotsspark]] (penalty kick) * [[fríspark]] (free kick) * [[hornaspark]] (corner kick) * [[málspark]] (goal kick) * [[neyðspark]] (when forced to kick the ball off) [[Category:Faroese nouns]] [[Category:fo:Football (Soccer)]] ---- ==Icelandic== ===Noun=== '''spark''' {{n}} # a [[kick]] ====Derived terms==== * [[sparka]] [[Category:Icelandic nouns]] ---- ==Swedish== ===Noun=== {{sv-noun-reg-ar}} '''spark''' {{c}} # a [[kick]] ====Derived terms==== * [[sparka]] [[Category:Swedish nouns]] [[de:spark]] [[et:spark]] [[el:spark]] [[fa:spark]] [[fr:spark]] [[io:spark]] [[it:spark]] [[sw:spark]] [[hu:spark]] [[pl:spark]] [[pt:spark]] [[fi:spark]] [[sv:spark]] [[ta:spark]] [[te:spark]] [[vi:spark]] [[zh:spark]]