different between scrit vs sprit

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin scriptus.

Verb

scrit

1. past participle of scrivi

Related terms

• scritôr
• scriture

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin scriptus.

Verb

scrit (plural scric, feminine scrita, feminine plural scrites)

1. past participle of scriver

Middle English

Etymology

See script.

Noun

scrit

1. writing; document; scroll

References

• scrit at OneLook Dictionary Search
• scrit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• crits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??t/

Etymology 1

From Old English spr?ot (“pole, pike, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *sprut-. Compare Dutch spriet (“a sprout”).

Noun

sprit (plural sprits)

1. (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, ch 1:

     ... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.

2. A shoot; a sprout.

Hyponyms

• (supporting spar in spritsail rig): bowsprit

Translations

Verb

sprit (third-person singular simple present sprits, present participle spritting, simple past and past participle spritted)

1. To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

Etymology 2

Akin to German spritzen.

Verb

sprit (third-person singular simple present sprits, present participle spritting, simple past and past participle spritted)

1. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

Anagrams

• Strip, TRIPS, spirt, stirp, strip, trips

Danish

Etymology

Via French esprit from Latin sp?ritus (“breath, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sb??id?]

Noun

sprit c (singular definite spritten, not used in plural form)

1. spirits
2. hand gel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin spiritus, via French esprit

Noun

sprit m (definite singular spriten)

1. alcohol
2. spirit (spirits)

Derived terms

• rødsprit

References

• “sprit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin spiritus, via French esprit

Noun

sprit m (definite singular spriten)

1. alcohol
2. spirit (spirits)

Derived terms

• raudsprit

References

• “sprit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From French ésprit (compare English sprite), from Old French esprit, from Latin spiritus (“air, breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spri?t/

Noun

sprit c (uncountable)

1. spirits; liquor
2. alcohol in general, chiefly as a solvent

Declension

Derived terms

• (liquor): starksprit
• (solvent): spritpenna, handsprit