different between sprinkler vs syringe

English

Etymology

sprinkle +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sp?i?kl?/

Noun

sprinkler (plural sprinklers)

1. Anything that sprinkles.
2. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
3. A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.

   Coordinate terms: drencher, fire extinguisher

4. (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.

Translations

Verb

sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)

1. (transitive) To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sprinkler

Noun

sprinkler m (definite singular sprinkleren, indefinite plural sprinklere, definite plural sprinklerne)

1. (firefighting) a sprinkler

See also

• sprinklar (Nynorsk)

References

• “sprinkler” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From English sprinkler.

Noun

sprinkler n (plural sprinklere)

1. sprinkler

Declension

English

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????nd?/, /s????nd?/
• Hyphenation: sy?ringe
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

syringe (plural syringes)

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Usage notes

• Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• inject
• intravenous
• needle
• shoot up

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

1. To clean, or inject fluid, by means of a syringe.

   Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

Translations

Further reading

• syringe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy??rin.?e/, [s?y???????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?rin.d??e/, [si??in??d???]
• Homophone: S?ringe

Noun

s?ringe f

1. ablative singular of s?rinx