spray

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spray (plural sprays)

1. A fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid.

   The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.

2. A small branch of flowers or berries.

   The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.

3. A pressurized container; an atomizer.
4. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

Translations

fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid

• Finnish: sumu (fi), usva (fi)
• French: embrun (fr) m, gouttelette (fr) f
• German: Spray (de) m, Sprühnebel (de) m

• Greek: ψιχάλες (el) (psicháles) f pl, ψεκασμός (el) (psekasmós) m
• Russian: водяная пыль (ru) (vodjanája pylʹ) f, брызги (ru) (brýzgi) f pl
• Spanish: spray (es) m, aerosol (es) m, difusión (es) f

small branch of flowers or berries

• Finnish: varpu (fi)
• French: rameau (fr) m, branchette (fr) f, gerbe (fr) f
• German: Reisig (de) n
• Greek: κλωνάρι (el) (klonári) n
• Japanese: 小枝 (ja) (こえだ, koeda)

• Polish: kiść (pl) f
• Russian: побег (ru) (pobég) m (дерева или кустарника), бутоньерка (ru) (butonʹjérka) f (decoration)
• Spanish: ramito (es) m

pressurized container

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴霧器 (cmn), 喷雾器 (cmn) (pēnwùqì)

• Finnish: suihkepullo (fi)

• Japanese: スプレー (ja) (supurē)
• Russian: пульверизатор (ru) (pulʹverizátor) m, распылитель (ru) (raspylítelʹ) m, опрыскиватель (ru) (oprýskivatelʹ) m, спрей (ru) (sprɛj) m

commercial product

• Finnish: suihke (fi)
• German: Spray (de) m

• Japanese: スプレー (ja) (supurē)
• Russian: спрей (ru) (sprɛj) m

Verb

spray (third-person singular simple present sprays, present participle spraying, simple past and past participle sprayed)

1. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner.

   The firemen sprayed the house.

   Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.

   Spray some ointment on that scratch.

Translations

to project a liquid in a disperse manner

• Finnish: suihkuttaa (fi), sumuttaa (fi)
• French: pulvériser (fr), vaporiser (fr), asperger (fr)
• German: versprühen (de), zerstäuben (de)
• Greek: ψεκάζω (el) (psekázo), ραντίζω (el) (rantízo)
• Malay:

  Rumi: sembur (ms)

  Jawi: سمبور (ms)

• Quechua: ch'allay (qu)
• Russian: распылять (ru) (raspyljátʹ) impf., распылить (ru) (raspylítʹ) pf., разбрызгивать (ru) (razbrýzgivatʹ) impf., разбрызгать (ru) (razbrýzgatʹ) pf.
• Spanish: atomizar (es), difundir (es), pulverizar (es)
• Vietnamese: phun (vi), xịt (vi)

Anagrams

• prays, raspy

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Finnish

Noun

spray

1. spray (device for spraying)

Declension

Declension of spray (type rosé) singular plural nominative spray sprayt genitive sprayn sprayiden partitive sprayta sprayita accusative spray sprayn sprayt inessive sprayssa sprayissa elative spraysta sprayista illative sprayhin sprayhyn sprayihin adessive spraylla sprayilla ablative spraylta sprayilta allative spraylle sprayille essive sprayna sprayina translative sprayksi sprayiksi instructive – sprayin abessive spraytta sprayitta comitative – sprayineen

Declension of spray (type rosé) singular plural nominative spray sprayt genitive sprayn sprayiden partitive spraytä sprayitä accusative spray sprayn sprayt inessive sprayssä sprayissä elative spraystä sprayistä illative sprayhin sprayhyn sprayihin adessive sprayllä sprayillä ablative sprayltä sprayiltä allative spraylle sprayille essive spraynä sprayinä translative sprayksi sprayiksi instructive – sprayin abessive sprayttä sprayittä comitative – sprayineen