sprit

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Contents

1 English
2 Swedish
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Noun
  - 2.2.1 Declension
  - 2.2.2 Derived terms

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old English sprēot

Noun [edit]

sprit (plural sprits)

(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.

Translations [edit]

supporting spar in spritsail rig

Finnish: varpatanko (fi)

Jèrriais: sprède f, sprède du grand mât f
Maori: tākotokoto (mi)
Russian: шпринтов (ru) (šprintóv) m

Anagrams [edit]

spirt, stirp, strip, TRIPS, trips

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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Noun [edit]

sprit c (uncountable)

spirits; liquor
alcohol in general, chiefly as a solvent

Declension [edit]

Declension of sprit

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	sprit	spriten
genitive	sprits	spritens

Derived terms [edit]

(liquor): starksprit
(solvent): spritpenna

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