teardrop

English

Sad clown with teardrop makeup

teardrop shape

Etymology

From tear +‎ drop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪədɹɒp/

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Noun

teardrop (plural teardrops)

1. a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).

   Devin's teardrop landed on Cody's head.

2. The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall. (Note that once detached from a surface, a drop changes shape to become spherical).

Hypernyms

• drop

Derived terms

• teardrop tomato
• teardrop trailer
• teardrop tubeshoulder

Translations

single tear

• Arabic: دَمْعَة (ar) f (damʕa)

  Egyptian Arabic: دمعة f (damʕa)

  Hijazi Arabic: دمعة f (damʕa)

  Moroccan Arabic: دمعة f (damʕa)

• Bulgarian: сълза (bg) f (sǎlza)
• Catalan: llàgrima (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淚滴 / 泪滴 (lèidī), 淚水 / 泪水 (zh) (lèishuǐ), 眼淚 / 眼泪 (zh) (yǎnlèi)

• Czech: slza (cs) f
• Dutch: traan (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kyynel (fi)
• French: larme (fr) f
• Georgian: კურცხალი (ḳurcxali), ცრემლის კურცხალი (cremlis ḳurcxali)
• German: Träne (de) f, Tränentropfen (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 n (tagr)
• Hungarian: könnycsepp (hu)
• Japanese: 涙の雫 (なみだのしずく, namida no shizuku), 涙 (ja) (なみだ, namida)
• Oromo: immimamaan
• Ottoman Turkish: اشك (eşk)
• Polish: łza (pl)
• Portuguese: lágrima (pt) f
• Romani: aswin f
• Romanian: lacrimă (ro) f
• Russian: слеза́ (ru) f (slezá), слези́нка (ru) f (slezínka)
• Spanish: lágrima (es) f
• Swedish: tår (sv) c
• Turkish: gözyaşı damlası
• Vietnamese: giọt nước mắt, giọt lệ

shape of a drop of liquid

• Bulgarian: капка (bg) f (kapka)
• Finnish: pisara (fi)
• French: goutte d’eau (fr) f
• Japanese: 涙滴型
• Portuguese: gota (pt) f
• Spanish: lagrima (es) f
• Turkish: gözyaşı damlası şekli

See also

• Category:tears on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• parroted, predator, prorated, protrade, rope dart