sprout

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Etymology

From Middle English spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /spɹaʊt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /spɹʌʊt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊt, -əʊt

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, cücərti
• Bashkir: үҫенте ‎(üθente)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芽 (zh) ‎(yá)

• Czech: klíček (cs) m, výhonek m
• Dutch: scheut (nl), spruit (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: sproso
• Finnish: itu (fi), vesa (fi)
• French: pousse (fr) f
• Georgian: აღმონაცენი ‎(aɣmonaceni)
• German: Spross (de) m, Sprössling (de) m
• Icelandic: spíra f, frjónál 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 ‎(めだち, medachi)

• Latin: turio m, surculus m
• Latvian: dīgsts (lv) m
• Macedonian: никулец m ‎(níkulec), фиданка f ‎(fídanka)
• Maori: kotira
• Persian: جوانه (fa) ‎(javâne)
• Portuguese: broto (pt) m, rebento (pt)
• Quechua: yuri
• Russian: росто́к (ru) m ‎(rostók), побе́г (ru) m ‎(pobég)
• Scottish Gaelic: bachlag f
• Spanish: brote (es) m, retoño (es) m
• Swedish: skott (sv) n
• Turkish: filiz (tr), sürgün (tr)
• Venetian: buto m, but (vec) m

child

• Dutch: spruit (nl) m, f
• Estonian: võsu (diminutive)
• Finnish: vesa (fi)

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

Brussels sprout — see Brussels sprout

edible germinated seed

• Dutch: kiemgroente f
• Estonian: idu
• Finnish: itu (fi)

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

Verb

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

1. (horticulture) To grow from seed; to germinate.
2. To cause to grow from a seed.

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

3. To deprive of sprouts.

   to sprout potatoes

4. To emerge from the ground as sprouts

Related terms

• unsprouted
• brussel sprout

Translations

to grow, to germinate

• Armenian: ծլարձակել (hy) ‎(clarjakel)
• Catalan: germinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 發芽, 发芽 (fāyá)

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

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

to cause to grow from a seed

• Catalan: brollar (ca)
• Dutch: laten ontkiemen
• Finnish: idättää
• French: faire germer (fr)
• Georgian: აღმოცენება ‎(aɣmoceneba)
• Italian: germogliare

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

to emerge from the soil as sprouts

• Georgian: აღმოცენება ‎(aɣmoceneba)
• Maori: kotira, whakangao, kōhura

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} keimen
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} spíra, ^{(please verify)} bruma, ^{(please verify)} byrja að laufgast, ^{(please verify)} vaxa ört, ^{(please verify)} þjóta upp, ^{(please verify)} láta koma upp, ^{(please verify)} láta vaxa, ^{(please verify)} tína spírur af
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} brotar

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