sprout

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

sprout (plural sprouts)

1. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
2. A child.
3. A Brussels sprout.
4. An edible germinated seed.

Translations

new growth on a plant

• Azeri: zoğ (az), pöhrə (az), cücərti (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芽 (cmn) (yá)

• Czech: klíček (cs) m, výhonek (cs) m
• Dutch: scheut (nl), spruit (nl) m and f
• Finnish: itu (fi), vesa (fi)
• French: pousse (fr) f
• German: Spross (de) m, Sprössling (de) m
• Icelandic: spíra (is) f, frjónál (is) f
• Italian: germoglio (it) m, getto (it) m, pollone (it) m, virgulto (it) m

• Japanese: もやし (ja) (moyashi), 芽 (ja) (め, me), 芽立ち (ja) (めだち, medachi)
• Latvian: dīgsts (lv) m
• Macedonian: никулец (mk) (níkulec) m, фиданка (mk) (fídanka) f
• Portuguese: broto (pt) m, rebento (pt)
• Russian: росток (ru) (rostók) m, побег (ru) (pobég) m
• Scottish Gaelic: bachlag (gd) f
• Spanish: brote (es) m, retoño (es) m
• Swedish: skott (sv) n
• Turkish: filiz (tr), sürgün (tr)

child

• Finnish: vesa (fi)

• French: jeune pousse (fr) f (usually plural)

Brussels sprout — see Brussels sprout

edible germinated seed

• Dutch: kiemgroente (nl) f
• Finnish: itu (fi)

• French: graine germée (fr) f
• Hebrew: נבט (he) (névet) m

Verb

sprout (third-person singular simple present sprouts, present participle sprouting, simple past and past participle sprouted)

1. (horticulture) To grow, where the initial state is a seed; to germinate.
2. To cause to grow from a seed.

   I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.

Related terms

• brussel sprout

Translations

to grow, to germinate

• Catalan: germinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發芽 (cmn), 发芽 (fāyá)

• Cree: 새싹 (cr) (saessag), 발아하다 (cr) (bal-ahada)
• Dutch: ontspruiten (nl)
• Finnish: itää (fi)
• French: germer (fr)
• German: sprießen (de)
• Hungarian: hajtás (hu), csírázik (hu)

• Italian: germogliare (it)
• Japanese: 発芽する (ja) (hatsuga suru)
• Macedonian: 'рти (mk) ('rti)
• Maori: kotira (mi)
• Portuguese: germinar (pt)
• Russian: прорастать (ru) (prorastat')
• Spanish: germinar (es)
• Turkish: bitmek (tr), filizlenmek (tr)

to cause to grow from a seed

• Catalan: brollar (ca)
• Dutch: laten ontkiemen (nl)
• Finnish: idättää (fi)
• French: faire germer (fr)
• Italian: germogliare (it)

• Japanese: スプラウト (ja) (supurauto)
• Macedonian: из'рти (mk) (iz'rti)
• Mandarin: 發芽 (cmn), 发芽 (cmn) (fāyá)
• Portuguese: brotar (pt)
• Spanish: brotar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• German: keimen
• Icelandic: spíra, bruma, byrja að laufgast, vaxa ört, þjóta upp, láta koma upp, láta vaxa, tína spírur af
• Spanish: brotar

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