Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha 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 1510 6919112 2009-07-02T11:09:12Z 80.24.153.79 {{wikipedia|dab=spring}} ==English== {{rank|wood|matters|physical|895|spring|troops|meeting|corner}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|sprĭng}}, {{IPA|/sprɪŋ/}}, {{SAMPA|/sprIN/}} * {{audio|en-us-spring.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ɪŋ}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|springan|lang=ang}}. Sense of ‘season’ 1547, from earlier ''springing time,'' ''spring-time,'' in sense of buds sprouting or “spring” up. This replaced Old English {{term|Lent}} by the 14th century.<ref name="etyl">{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> Sense of ‘source of water’ attested circa 1225.<ref name="etyl" /> ===Verb=== {{en-verb|springs|springing|sprang|sprung}} # To [[start]] to [[exist]]. #: ''Sometimes the ideas '''spring''' to life fully formed.'' # To [[jump]] or [[leap]]. #: ''He '''sprang''' up from his seat.'' # {{slang}} To [[release]] or [[set free]], especially from [[prison]]. ====Synonyms==== * {{italbrac|start to exist}}: be born, come into being, come into existence * {{italbrac|jump, leap}}: [[bound]], [[jump]], [[leap]] * {{italbrac|release or set free, especially from prison}}: [[free]], [[let out]], [[release]], [[spring loose]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|Terms derived from the verb ''to spring''}} * [[hope springs eternal]] * [[outspring]] * [[overspring]] * [[respring]] * [[spring a butt]] * [[spring an arch]] * [[spring a leak]] * [[spring a rattle]] * [[spring at]] * [[springel]] * [[springer]] * [[spring for]] * [[spring forth]] {{rel-mid}} * [[spring-hare]] * [[spring in]] * [[springing]]<!--noun, adjective--> * [[spring into action]] * [[spring-jack]] * [[spring-lobster]] * [[spring loose]] * [[spring on]]<!--as in "to spring a surprise on someone"--> * [[spring the luff]] * [[spring to mind]] * [[spring-tree]] * [[spring up]] * [[upspring]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to the verb ''to spring''}} * [[sprang]] * [[springwort]] * [[sprung]] * [[to-spring]] * [[unspring]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|start to exist}} * Basque: {{t|eu|jaio|xs=Basque}} * Bulgarian: [[появявам се]] * Danish: {{t-|da|springe}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|ontspringen}}, {{t+|nl|ontspruiten}}, {{t-|nl|ontstaan}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|nousta}}, {{t+|fi|syntyä}} * French: {{t+|fr|naître}} * German: {{t+|de|entspringen}} * Greek: {{t+|el|ξεπροβάλλω|tr=xeproválo|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|ξεφυτρώνω|tr=xefitróno|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|nascere}}, {{t+|it|generarsi}}, {{t-|it|formarsi}} * Japanese: [[跳ね上がる]] ([[はねあがる]], hane-agaru), [[跳ねる]] ([[はねる]], haneru) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|се појавува|tr=se pojávuva|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|tfaċċa|xs=Maltese}} * Russian: {{t|ru|возникать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|брать начало|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|nacer}} * Turkish: {{t-|tr|ortaya çıkıvermek}}, {{t-|tr|belirivermek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|jump or leap}} * Basque: {{t|eu|saltatu|xs=Basque}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|скачам|sc=Cyrl}} * Danish: {{t-|da|springe}}, {{t+|da|hoppe}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|springen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hypätä}}, {{t-|fi|ponnahtaa}} * French: {{t+|fr|sauter}} * German: {{t+|de|springen}} * Greek: [[αναπηδώ]] (anapidó), [[(ξε)πετάγομαι]] [(xe)petágome], [[ξεπροβάλλω]] (xeproválo), [[ξεφυτρώνω]] (xefitróno) * Indonesian: [[lompat|melompat]] {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|saltare}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|отскокнува|tr=otskóknuva|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|скокнува|tr=skóknuva|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|qabża|xs=Maltese}} * Russian: [[прыгать]] (prýgat') ''imperf'', [[скакать]] (skakát') ''imperf'' * Spanish: {{t+|es|saltar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|hoppa}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|sıçramak}}, {{t+|tr|fırlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[לזנק]] {{romanization of Hebrew|lezanék}} {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Noun=== [[Image:Coil_spring.JPG|thumb|right|A coil spring (mechanical device)]] {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{countable}} Traditionally the first of the four [[season]]s of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into [[blossom]], following winter and preceding summer. # {{countable}} [[meteorology|Meteorologically]], the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern). # {{countable}} The astronomically delineated period from the moment of [[vernal equinox]], approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere (September 22 in the southern), to the moment of the [[summer solstice]], approximately June 21 (December 22). # {{countable}} [[spring tide|Spring tide]]; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon. # {{countable}} A place where [[water]] emerges from the ground. # {{uncountable}} The property of a body of springing to its original form after being [[compress]]ed, [[stretch]]ed, etc. # {{countable}} A mechanical device made of [[flexible]] or [[coiled]] material that exerts [[force]] when it is [[bend|bent]], [[compress]]ed or [[stretch]]ed. # {{countable|nautical}} A rope attaching the [[bow]] of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from swaying. # {{countable|slang}} An [[erection]] of the [[penis]]. # {{countable}} The [[source]] of an [[action]] #* '''1748'''. David Hume. ''Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral.'' London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 9. #*: ... discover, at least in some degree, the secret '''springs''' and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations? ====Synonyms==== * {{italbrac|place where water emerges from the ground}}: [[fount]], [[source]] * {{italbrac|property of a body of springing to its original form}}: [[bounce]], [[bounciness]], [[elasticity]], [[resilience]], [[springiness]] * {{italbrac|slang: erection of the penis}}: [[boner]], [[chubby]], [[hard-on]], [[stiffy]], [[woody]]; ''see also [[WikiSaurus:erection|"erection" in WikiSaurus]]'' * {{italbrac|source of an action}}: [[impetus]], [[impulse]] ====Antonyms==== * {{italbrac|spring tide}}: [[neap tide]]<!--, or tide of smaller-than-average range around the times of the crescent or decrescent half moon.--> ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from the noun ''spring''}} * [[advance spring]] * [[after-spring]] * [[afterspring]] * [[air spring]]<!--not the same as "air-spring"--> * [[air-spring]]<!--not the same as "air spring"--> * [[anti-rattle spring]] * [[w:Arlington Springs Man|Arlington Springs Man]] * [[w:Arlington Springs Man|Arlington Springs Woman]] * [[artesian spring]] * [[austral spring]] * [[autumn-spring]] * [[auxiliary spring]] * [[balance spring]] * [[Barton Springs salamander]] * [[bedspring]] * [[w:Beijing Spring|Beijing Spring]] * [[Belleville spring]] * [[bending spring]] * [[w:Berber Spring|Berber Spring]] * [[boiling spring]] * [[border spring]] * [[bow spring]] * [[box spring]], [[box-spring]] * [[brine spring]] * [[brush spring]] * [[buckling spring]] * [[Caballine spring]] * [[Cambridge Springs defence]], [[Cambridge Springs defense]] * [[cantilever spring]] * [[card spring]] * [[cart spring]] * [[cee spring]], [[cee-spring]], [[C spring]], [[c-spring]] * [[clock spring]] * [[closed spring]] * [[coiled spring sign]] * [[coil spring]] * [[coil spring clutch]] * [[w:ColdSpring|ColdSpring]] * [[compression spring]] * [[contact spring]] * [[w:Croatian Spring|Croatian Spring]] * [[cupped spring washer]] * [[w:Damascus Spring|Damascus Spring]] * [[damper spring]] * [[day-spring]], [[dayspring]] * [[detent ball and spring]] * [[diaphragm spring]] * [[door hold-open spring]] * [[draw-spring]], [[drawspring]] * [[driving spring]] * [[extension spring]] * [[extra spring]] * [[farewell-to-spring]] * [[finger spring]] * [[flat spring]] * [[float bumper spring]] * [[footsteps-of-spring]] * [[forest-spring encephalitis]] * [[garter spring]] * [[gas spring]] * [[graduated spring]] * [[haemoglobin Constant Spring]], [[hemoglobin Constant Spring]] * [[hairspring]] * [[hand-spring]], [[handspring]] * [[harbinger-of-spring]] * [[headspring]] * [[helical spring]] * [[helper spring]] <!--"hemoglobin Constant Spring" is listed with "haemoglobin Constant Spring" above--> * [[hot spring]] * [[hydrospring]] * [[Indian spring low water]] * [[innerspring]] * [[inside spring caliper]] * [[jagger spring]] * [[Jesus spring]] * [[Kesling spring]] * [[laminated spring]] * [[land-spring]] * [[laspring]] * [[latter spring]] * [[leaf spring]], [[leaf-spring]] * [[lifespring]] * [[locating spring]] * [[loop spring]] * [[mainspring]] * [[master-spring]] * [[mean high water spring]] * [[mean low water spring]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[meshing spring]] * [[mid-spring]] * [[mineral spring]] * [[motor spring]] * [[natural spring]] * [[negative spring]] <!--"no spring chicken" is derived from "spring chicken" above--> * [[offspring]] * [[ofspring]]<!--sic--> * [[open spring]] * [[w:Operation Spring Awakening|Operation Spring Awakening]] * [[w:Operation Spring Cleanup|Operation Spring Cleanup]] * [[w:Operation Spring of Youth|Operation Spring of Youth]] * [[outside spring caliper]] * [[outspring]] * [[overload spring]] * [[paddle spring]] * [[parabolic spring]] * [[Pierian Spring]] * [[piston spring]] * [[w:Prague Spring|Prague Spring]] * [[progressive rate spring]] * [[progressive valve spring]] * [[progressively wound valve spring]] * [[rattle spring]] * [[restoring spring]] * [[retainer spring tool]] * [[retro-spring]] * [[return spring]] * [[Russian spring-summer encephalitis]] * [[saddle-spring]] * [[salt spring]] * [[sear spring]] * [[sea-spring]] * [[seepage spring]] * [[semi-elliptic spring]] * [[separating spring]] * [[shoe return spring]] * [[single rate spring]] * [[soda spring]] * [[spiral spring]] * [[splayed spring]] * [[spreader spring]] * [[spring-action]] * [[w:Spring and Autumn Period|Spring and Autumn Period]] * [[spring azure]] * [[spring back]], [[spring-back]]<!--book-binding term--> * [[w:Springbal|Springbal]] * [[spring balance]] * [[Spring Bank Holiday]] * [[spring bar]] * [[spring-based]] * [[spring baton]] * [[spring beam]], [[spring-beam]] * [[spring beating]] * [[spring beating spoon]] * [[spring beauty]], [[spring-beauty]] * [[spring bed]] * [[spring beetle]], [[spring-beetle]] * [[spring-bell]] * [[spring-biased]] * [[spring binder]], [[spring-binder]] * [[spring-binding]] * [[spring-bladed]] * [[spring bloom]] * [[spring-board]], [[springboard]] * [[spring bolt]] * [[spring booster]] * [[spring bow]] * [[spring bows]] * [[spring box]] * [[spring brake]] * [[spring branch]], [[spring-branch]] * [[spring break]] * [[spring cabbage]] * [[spring cankerworm]] * [[spring cap]] * [[spring-carriage]] * [[spring-cart]] * [[spring catch]] * [[spring channel binder]] * [[spring chicken]] * [[spring choke]] * [[spring clamp]] * [[spring-cleaning]] * [[spring cleavers]] * [[spring clip]] * [[spring clutch]] * [[spring collar]] * [[spring collet]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[spring compressor]] * [[spring conjunctivitis]] * [[spring constant]] * [[spring cress]] * [[spring crocus]] * [[spring crust]] * [[Spring Day]] * [[spring disease]] * [[spring divider]] * [[spring drive]] * [[spring dwindling]] * [[springed]]<!--adjective--> * [[spring ephemeral]] * [[spring equation]] * [[spring equinox]] * [[springet]] * [[spring eye]] * [[w:Springfest|Springfest]] * [[spring festival]] * [[spring fever]] * [[spring finger]] * [[springfish]] * [[spring-flood]] * [[spring fly]] * [[spring force]] * [[springform pan]] * [[spring frog]] * [[spring-froth]] * [[springful]] * [[spring garden]] * [[spring gentian]] * [[spring ginger]] * [[spring grass]], [[spring-grass]] * [[spring green]]<!--colour--> * [[spring greens]]<!--vegetables--> * [[spring gun]], [[spring-gun]] * [[spring hanger]] * [[spring hare]], [[spring-hare]], [[springhare]] * [[spring-head]], [[springhead]] * [[spring-headed]] * [[spring heath]] * [[spring-heeled]] * [[spring herring]] * [[spring hock]] * [[spring-hole]] * [[Spring Holiday]] * [[spring hook]] * [[spring-house]], [[springhouse]] * [[spring in one's step]] * [[springish]] * [[spring isolator]] * [[spring juices]] * [[spring-keeper]], [[springkeeper]] * [[spring lamb]] * [[spring lancet]] * [[spring latch]] * [[springle]] * [[springless]] * [[springlet]] * [[spring ligament]] * [[spring-like]], [[springlike]] * [[spring line]], [[springline]] * [[spring line settlement]], [[springline settlement]] * [[springling]] * [[spring-loaded]] * [[spring lock]], [[spring-lock]], [[springlock]] * [[spring lock washer]] * [[spring-locked]] * [[spring mattress]] * [[spring melt]] * [[spring mix]] * [[w:The Spring of Arda|The Spring of Arda]] * [[w:Spring Offensive|The Spring Offensive]] * [[w:Spring of Nations|The Spring of Nations]] * [[spring of pork]] * [[spring of the leaf]] * [[spring of the year]] * [[spring onion]] * [[spring ophthalmia]] * [[spring overshoot]] * [[spring overturn]] * [[w:Spring Palace|Spring Palace]] * [[spring pasque flower]] * [[spring peeper]] * [[spring pin]] * [[spring-pit]] * [[spring planting]] * [[spring plate]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[spring-pottage]] * [[spring rail]] * [[spring rate]] * [[spring-release]] * [[spring ring clasp]] * [[spring roll]] * [[spring-run fish]] * [[spring runoff]] * [[spring rye]] * [[spring sail]] * [[spring salmon]] * [[spring-salt]] * [[spring scale]] * [[spring scalecap]] * [[spring seat]] * [[spring shackle]] * [[spring sludge]] * [[spring snow]] * [[spring soup]] * [[springspotter]] * [[spring squill]] * [[spring stay]] * [[spring steel]] * [[spring suspension]] * [[spring sweep]] * [[spring tail]], [[spring-tail]], [[springtail]] * [[spring tapping]] * [[spring-teller]] * [[spring temper]] * [[spring thaw]] * [[spring tide]]<!--type of tide; not the same as "springtide"--> * [[spring-tide]], [[springtide]]<!--springtime; not the same as "spring tide"--> * [[spring time]], [[spring-time]], [[springtime]] * [[spring-tooth]] * [[spring training]] * [[spring-tree]] * [[Spring Triangle]] * [[spring-type brake actuator]] * [[spring usher]] * [[spring vetch]] * [[spring vetchling]] * [[spring wagon]] * [[spring wagtail]] * [[spring washer]] * [[spring water]], [[spring-water]], [[springwater]] * [[spring-well]] * [[spring wheat]] * [[spring windup]] * [[spring wood]], [[spring-wood]], [[springwood]] * [[springy]] * [[steel spring]] * [[sulfur spring]], [[sulphur spring]] * [[tensioning spring]] * [[tension spring]] * [[thermal spring]] * [[thermostatic spring choke]] * [[throttle return spring]] * [[torsion spring]] * [[trailing spring]] * [[truss spring steel]] * [[underspring]] * [[upholstery coil spring]] * [[uprighting spring]] * [[upspring]] * [[valve spring]] * [[valve spring cap]] * [[valve spring collar]] * [[valve spring compressor]] * [[valve spring depressor]] * [[valve spring lifter]] * [[valve spring retainer]] * [[valve spring seat]] * [[variable rate spring]] * [[variable spring]] * [[vauclusian spring]] * [[vintage spring]] * [[volute spring]] * [[V-spring]] * [[wall spring]] * [[warm spring]] * [[watch main spring steel]] * [[watch-spring]] * [[water-spring]] * [[wave spring]] * [[weeping spring]] * [[well-spring]], [[wellspring]] * [[zero-length spring]] * [[Z spring]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to the noun ''spring''}} * [[aspring]] * [[atspring]] * [[bespring]] * [[espringal]] * [[rumspringa]] * [[springal]], [[springald]] {{rel-mid}} * [[springboc]], [[springbock]] * [[springbok]]<!--from Cape Dutch--> * [[springe]] * [[spring-haas]], [[springhaas]] * [[springhalt]] * [[springle]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|season}} * Albanian: [[pranverë]] {{g|Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ربيع]]}} (rabíaʕ) {{m}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|գարուն|tr=garun|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Asturian]]: [[primavera]] {{f}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|yaz|xs=Azeri}}, {{t+|az|bahar|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t|eu|udaberri|xs=Basque}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|proljeće|n}} * [[Breton]]: [[nevezamzer]] {{f}}, nevezamzerioù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пролет|m|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|primavera|f}} * Chinese: [[春天]] (chūntiān), [[春季]] (chūnjì) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|proljeće|n}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|jaro|n}} * Danish: {{t+|da|forår|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|lente|m}}, {{t+|nl|voorjaar|n}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|printempo|m|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|kevad}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kevät}} * French: {{t+|fr|printemps|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[primavera]] {{f}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|გაზაფხული|tr=gazap'xuli|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Frühling|m}}, {{t+|de|Lenz|m}}, {{t+|de|Frühjahr|n}} * Greek: [[άνοιξη]] (ánixi) {{f}}, [[έαρ]] (éar) {{n}} * Hebrew: [[אביב]] (avív) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tavasz}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vor|n}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|printempo}} * Indonesian: [[musim]] [[semi]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[primavera]] * Italian: {{t+|it|primavera|f}} * Japanese: [[春]] ([[はる]] or [[ハル]], haru) * Korean: [[봄]] (bom) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: [[bihar]], {{ku-Arab|[[به‌هار]]}} {{g|Kurdish}} * Latin: {{t+|la|ver|n|alt=vēr}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|pavasaris|m|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|pavasaris|m|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|пролет|f|tr=prólet|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|rebbiegħa|f|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[niyengniyeri]] * Maori: [[koanga]] * Mongolian: {{t-|mn|хавар|tr=khavar|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}} * Navajo: [[dąądą́ą́']] (last spring) * Norwegian: {{t-|is|vår|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|prima|xs=Occitan}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|بهار|tr=bahār|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|wiosna|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|primavera|f}} * [[Romani]]: [[primavara]] {{f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|primăvară|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|весна|f|tr=vesná|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|giđđa}} * [[Sardinian]]: [[beranu]] {{m}} * [[Scots]]: [[voar]] (Shetlandic) * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[earrach]] {{m}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|jar|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|pomlad|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|primavera|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vår|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilkbahar}}, {{t+|tr|bahar}} * Welsh: {{t|cy|gwanwyn|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[maaitiid]] {{m}}, [[maitiid]] {{m}} * Yiddish: {{t|yi|פרילינג|m|tr=fríling|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|higher-than-average tide}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|tulvavuoksi}} * German: {{t|de|Springflut|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[한사리]] (hansari) * Russian: {{t|ru|прилив|m|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|water source}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t-|af|bron|xs=Afrikaans}} * Arabic: {{t+|ar|عين|m|tr=`ayn|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|աղբյուր|tr=aġbyur|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t-|hy|ակ|tr=ak|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Basque]]: {{t|eu|iturri|xs=Basque}} * [[Breton]]: [[eienenn]] {{f}} eien, [[andon]] {{f}}, andonioù {{p}}, [[mammenn]] {{f}}, mammennoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|извор|m|sc=Cyrl}} * CJKV Characters: [[洤]] * Chinese: [[泉]] (quán), [[源泉]] (yuán quán) * Czech: {{t+|cs|pramen|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|kilde|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|bron}}, {{t+|nl|wel}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|fonto|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: [[allikas]], [[läte]], [[veesilm]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähde}} * French: {{t+|fr|source|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Quelle|f}} * Greek: [[νερομάνα]] (neromána) {{f}}, [[κεφαλάρι]] (kjefalári) {{n}}, [[πηγή]] (pigjí) {{f}} * Hebrew: [[מעיין]] (maayán) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|forrás}} * Indonesian: [[mata]] [[air]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[fonte]] * Italian: {{t+|it|fonte|f}} * Japanese: [[泉]] ([[いずみ]], izumi), [[温泉]] ([[おんせん]], onsen) ''(hot spring, spa)'' {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[샘]] (saem) * Kurdish: [[kanî]], {{ku-Arab|[[کانی]]}} {{g|Kurdish}} * Latin: {{t-|la|fons|m}} * Latvian: [[avots]] {{m}} * Lithuanian: [[šaltinis]] {{m}}; [[versmė]] {{f}}; [[verdenė]] {{f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|извор|m|tr=ízvor|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|вруток|m|tr=vrútok|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|nixxiegħa|f|xs=Maltese}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|źródło|n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fonte|f}} * [[Romani]]: [[zvoro]] {{m}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|izvor|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|источник|m|tr=istóčnik|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|ключ|m|tr=ključ|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|родник|m|tr=rodník|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|fuaran|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|izvir|m}} * Spanish: [[fuente]] {{f}}; [[manantial]] {{m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|källa|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaynak}} * [[Waray-Waray]]: [[burabod]] * [[West Frisian]]: [[welle]] {{f}} * Yiddish: {{t|yi|קוואַל|m|tr=kval|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|property of a body of springing to its original form}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|joustavuus}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|упругость|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|эластичность|f|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|device made of flexible material}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|զսպանակ|tr=zspanak|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Basque: {{t|eu|Malguki|xs=Basque}} * [[Breton]]: [[gwinterell]] {{f}}, gwinterelloù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пружина|f|sc=Cyrl}} * Chinese: [[弹簧]], [[发条]] (fātiáo) * Croatian: {{t|hr|opruga|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|pružina|f}} * Danish: [[fjeder]] {{c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|veer|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|risorto|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t|et|vedru}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|jousi}} * French: {{t+|fr|ressort|m}} * German: {{t-|de|Sprungfeder|f}} * Greek: {{t+|el|ελατήριο|n|tr=elatírio|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|σούστα|f|tr=sústa|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[קפיץ]] (kfitz) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|rugó}} * Indonesian: {{t-|id|pegas|xs=Indonesian}}, {{t+|id|per|xs=Indonesian}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[resorto]] * Italian: {{t+|it|molla|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|ばね|tr=bane|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[용수철]] (yongsucheol) * Latvian: {{t|lv|atspere|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|spyruoklė|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|пружина|f|tr=prúžina|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|федер|m|tr=féder|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|molla|f|xs=Maltese}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|fjær|m}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|sprężyna|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mola|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|arc|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|пружина|f|tr=pružína|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|рессора|f|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|vzmet|f}}, {{t+|sl|pero|n}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|resorte|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|fjäder|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|yay}}, {{t+|tr|zemberek}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[fear]] {{f}} * Yiddish: {{t|yi|ספּרענזשינעס|f|tr=sprenzhineh|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|rope on a boat}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|springi}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|garde|f}} * Russian: {{t|ru|шпринг|m|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|erection}} {{trans-top|source of an action}} * Portuguese: {{tø|origem|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|мотив|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|причина|f|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[geyser]] * [[Hooke's law]] * [[seep]] * [[Slinky]] * [[vernal]] * [[well]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:English irregular verbs]] [[Category:Gaits]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Danish== ===Etymology=== Verbal noun to {{term|springe|lang=da}}. ===Noun=== {{da-noun|et}} # [[spring#English|spring]], [[jump]], [[vault]], [[leap]] ====Related terms==== {{rel-top3}} * [[firspring]] * [[højdespring]] * [[længdespring]] * [[springavancement]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[springbane]] * [[springbræt]] * [[springkniv]] * [[springmadras]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[springvand]] * [[stangspring]] * [[trespring]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Inflection==== {{da-noun-infl|et}} ===Verb=== {{infl|da|verb form}} # {{form of|imperative|springe|lang=Danish}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈsprɪŋ/|lang=nl}} ===Verb=== {{infl|nl|verb form}} # {{nl-verb-form|p=first|n=singular|t=present tense|springen}} # {{nl-verb-form|m=imperative|springen}} [[Category:Dutch verb forms]] ---- ==German== ===Verb=== '''spring''' # ''imperative singular of'' '''[[springen]]'''<!--translations of inflections are not given in Wiktionary: [[jump]], [[leap]].--> [[Category:German verb forms]] ---- ==Swedish== ===Verb=== '''spring''' # ''imperative of'' '''[[springa]]'''<!--translations of inflections are not given in Wiktionary: [[run]]!--> [[Category:Swedish verb forms]] [[ar:spring]] [[ast:spring]] [[zh-min-nan:spring]] [[ca:spring]] [[de:spring]] [[et:spring]] [[el:spring]] [[fa:spring]] [[fr:spring]] [[fy:spring]] [[gl:spring]] [[ko:spring]] [[hy:spring]] [[io:spring]] [[id:spring]] [[it:spring]] [[kk:spring]] [[ky:spring]] [[sw:spring]] [[ku:spring]] [[lt:spring]] [[hu:spring]] [[nl:spring]] [[ja:spring]] [[no:spring]] [[pl:spring]] [[pt:spring]] [[ro:spring]] [[ru:spring]] [[simple:spring]] [[fi:spring]] [[sv:spring]] [[ta:spring]] [[te:spring]] [[th:spring]] [[tr:spring]] [[uk:spring]] [[vi:spring]] [[zh:spring]]