sprout

See also: Sprout

English

A sprouted onion

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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. (chiefly in the plural) A Brussels sprout.
4. (chiefly in the plural) A bean sprout.
5. An edible germinated seed.

Translations

new growth on a plant

• Assamese: গজালি (gozali)
• Azerbaijani: zoğ (az), pöhrə, cücərti
• Bashkir: үҫенте (üθente)
• Catalan: brot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芽 (zh) (yá)

• Czech: klíček (cs) m, výhonek (cs) m
• Dutch: scheut (nl), spruit (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: sproso (eo)
• Finnish: itu (fi), vesa (fi)
• French: pousse (fr) f
• Galician: brote m, rebento m, fillo (gl) m
• Georgian: აღმონაცენი (aɣmonaceni), ყლორტი (q̇lorṭi), ღივი (ɣivi), მორჩი (morči), რქა (rka)
• German: Spross (de) m, Sprössling (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: βλαστός m (blastós)

• Guaraní: toky
• Hebrew: נֶבֶט‎ (he) m (névet)
• Hungarian: hajtás (hu), csíra (hu), sarj (hu), sarjadék
• Icelandic: spíra f, frjónál f

• Irish: péacán m, eascróg 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: germen n, turiō m, surculus m
• Latvian: dīgsts (lv) m
• Macedonian: никулец m (nikulec), фиданка f (fidanka)
• 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, brodd (sv) c
• Telugu: మొలక (te) (molaka)
• Turkish: filiz (tr), sürgün (tr)
• Ukrainian: росто́к m (rostók)
• Venetian: buto m, but (vec) m

child

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

• French: jeune pousse (fr) f (usually plural)
• German: Sprössling (de) m, Spross (de) m

Brussels sprout — see Brussels sprout

edible germinated seed

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

• French: graine germée (fr) f
• Hebrew: נבט‎ (he) 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.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

   Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.

Related terms

• unsprouted
• brussel sprout

Translations

to grow, to germinate

• Armenian: ծլարձակել (hy) (clarjakel)
• Assamese: গজা (goza)
• Bikol Central: tambo
• Catalan: germinar (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: ontspruiten (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝermi, elkreski
• Finnish: itää (fi)
• French: germer (fr)
• Galician: xermolar (gl), xerminar
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)
• German: sprießen (de), keimen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θάλλω (thállō), βλαστάνω (blastánō)

• Hungarian: hajtás (hu), csírázik (hu)
• Italian: germogliare (it)
• Japanese: 発芽する (hatsuga suru)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 새싹 (saessak), ^{(please verify)} 발아하다 (ko) (barahada)
• Latin: germinō, herbesco
• Macedonian: ’рти (’rti)
• Maori: kotira, kōriro
• Portuguese: germinar (pt)
• Russian: прорастать (ru) (prorastatʹ)
• Spanish: germinar (es)
• Swedish: gro (sv)
• Telugu: మొలకెత్తు (te) (molakettu)
• Thai: งอก (th) (ngɔ̂ɔk)
• Turkish: bitmek (tr), filizlenmek (tr)
• Westrobothnian: bräst

to cause to grow from a seed

• Bikol Central: tambo
• Catalan: brollar (ca)
• Dutch: laten ontkiemen
• Finnish: idättää (fi)
• French: faire germer
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)
• Italian: germogliare (it)

• Japanese: スプラウト (supurauto)
• Macedonian: изрти (izrti)
• Mandarin: 發芽 (zh), 发芽 (zh) (fāyá)
• Portuguese: brotar (pt)
• Spanish: brotar (es)
• Telugu: మొలిపించు (molipiñcu)

to emerge from the soil as sprouts

• Bikol Central: tambo
• Galician: agromar (gl), xermolar (gl)
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)

• Maori: kotira, whakangao, kōhura, mātātupu

to emerge from a surface

• Galician: xurdir (gl), agromar (gl)

• Maori: mihamiha (refers to the growth of hair)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} keimen (de)
• 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 (es)

Anagrams

• Portus, Proust, Stroup, Troups, stupor