Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sprink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
sprink
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sprinkle; splash

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sprinken, variant of spryngen (“to spring, sprinkle”) influenced by sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”). Compare North Frisian spreenke (“to asperse”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sprinks (present, singular) sprinking (participle, present) sprinked (participle, past) sprinked (past) sprent (participle, past) sprent (past) sprenk (alternative, dialectal)

Frequently Paired Words

sprinkle

Rhymes With

think link drink dead link sports drink pink sink kitchen sink ink india ink china ink indian ink

Questions

What does sprink mean?
To sprinkle; splash
Where does sprink come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sprink

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