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sprent

/spɹɛnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
sprent
IPA
/spɹɛnt/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leap; bound; move quickly; dart

Intransitive verb

adj

Sprinkled.

Archaic

name

A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

From Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sprenten, *sprenta, *sprantijaną, *sprintaną, *sprend-, *sper-

Usage

Inflected Forms

sprents (present, singular) sprenting (participle, present) sprented (participle, past) sprented (past) sprunt (alternative) more sprent (comparative) most sprent (superlative)

Derived Forms

besprent

Frequently Paired Words

sprint

Rhymes With

went event present sent percent spent content meant cent prevent rent extent

Questions

How do you pronounce sprent?
The recorded pronunciation is /spɹɛnt/.
What does sprent mean?
To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
Where does sprent come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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