sprinkler

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English[edit]

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Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard (#2)
A fire sprinkler mounted on a ceiling (#3)

Etymology[edit]

sprinkle +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/

Noun[edit]

sprinkler (plural sprinklers)

  1. Anything that sprinkles.
  2. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
  3. A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
    Synonyms: fire sprinkler, sprinkler head
    Coordinate terms: drencher, fire extinguisher
  4. (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.

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Verb[edit]

sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)

  1. (transitive) To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English sprinkler.

Noun[edit]

sprinkler m (definite singular sprinkleren, indefinite plural sprinklere, definite plural sprinklerne)

  1. (firefighting) a sprinkler

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English sprinkler.

Noun[edit]

sprinkler n (plural sprinklere)

  1. sprinkler

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sprinkler c

  1. a sprinkler (irrigation device)
    Synonym: vattenspridare
  2. a sprinkler (fire protection device)

Declension[edit]

Declension of sprinkler 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sprinkler sprinklern sprinkler, sprinklers sprinklerna
Genitive sprinklers sprinklerns sprinklers sprinklernas

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