sprout

See also: Sprout

English

Sprouts on onions

A mother and her sprout

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /spɹaʊt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /spɹʌʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt, -əʊt

Etymology 1

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

Noun

sprout (plural sprouts)

1. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
2. A child.

   Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!

3. A Brussels sprout.

   In our family we eat sprouts but once a year, on Christmas.

4. A bean sprout.
5. An edible germinated seed.

Derived terms

• coconut sprout

Translations

new growth on a plant

• Arabic: نَبْتَة (ar) f (nabta)
• Assamese: গজালি (gozali)
• Azerbaijani: zoğ (az), pöhrə, cücərti
• Bashkir: үҫенте (üśente)
• Basque: kimu
• Belarusian: парастак m (parastak)
• Bulgarian: издънка (bg) f (izdǎnka)
• Catalan: brot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芽 (zh) (yá)

• Czech: klíček (cs) m, výhonek (cs) m
• Danish: spire c
• Dutch: scheut (nl), spruit (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: sproso (eo)
• Estonian: idu (et)
• Finnish: itu (fi), vesa (fi)
• French: pousse (fr) f
• Galician: gromo (gl) m, rebento (gl) m, fillo (gl) m, gomo (gl) m, xermolo m, bretón (gl) m, bortón m, bilro m, enllo m, xeno m, xendra f
• Georgian: აღმონაცენი (aɣmonaceni), ყლორტი (q̇lorṭi), ღივი (ɣivi), მორჩი (morči), რქა (ka) (rka)
• German: Spross (de) m, Sprössling (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: βλαστός m (blastós)

• Guaraní: toky
• Hebrew: נֶבֶט (he) m (névet)
• Hindi: अंकुर (hi) (aṅkur)
• Hungarian: hajtás (hu), csíra (hu), sarj (hu), sarjadék (hu)
• Icelandic: spíra f, frjónál f
• Indonesian: tunas (id), anakan (id)
• Ingrian: oras, itu
• Irish: péacán m, eascróg f
• Italian: germoglio (it) m, getto (it) m, pollone (it) m, virgulto (it) m
• Japanese: もやし (ja) (moyashi), 芽 (ja) (め, me), 芽立ち (めだち, medachi)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tîo
• Latin: germen n, turiō m, surculus m
• Latvian: dīgsts (lv) m
• Macedonian: никулец m (nikulec), фиданка f (fidanka)
• Manchu: ᠠᡵᠰᡠᠨ (arsun), ᡶᡠᡵᠰᡠᠨ (fursun)
• Maori: kotira, mātātupu
• Marathi: अंकुर (mr) m (aṅkur), मोड m (moḍ)
• Persian: جوانه (fa) (javâne)
• Portuguese: broto (pt) m, rebento (pt)
• Quechua: yuri
• Russian: росто́к (ru) m (rostók), побе́г (ru) m (pobég)
• Scottish Gaelic: bachlag f
• Sicilian: gigghiu (scn) m
• Spanish: brote (es) m, retoño (es) m
• Swedish: skott (sv) n, brodd (sv) c
• Telugu: మొలక (te) (molaka)
• Tocharian B: yakwe
• Turkish: filiz (tr), sürgün (tr)
• Ukrainian: росто́к m (rostók), па́гін m (páhin)
• Venetan: buto m, but (vec) m

child

• Basque: muskil
• Bulgarian: потомък (bg) m (potomǎk)
• Dutch: spruit (nl) m or f
• Estonian: võsu (diminutive)
• Finnish: vesa (fi)
• French: jeune pousse (fr) f (usually plural)
• Galician: necre m, nécoro m
• German: Sprössling (de) m, Spross (de) m
• Polish: berbeć (pl) m
• Spanish: retoño (es)

Brussels sprout — see Brussels sprout

edible germinated seed

• Bulgarian: кълн (bg) m (kǎln)
• Dutch: kiemgroente f
• Estonian: idu (et)
• Finnish: itu (fi)
• French: graine germée (fr) f
• Hebrew: נבט (he) m (névet)

Etymology 2

From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.

Verb

sprout (third-person singular simple present sprouts, present participle sprouting, simple past and past participle sprouted)

1. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.

   The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.

2. (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.

   I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.

3. (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.

   to sprout potatoes

4. (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
5. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

   Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.

6. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.

   A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.

   • 2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 56:

     In those early years of the 1830s and 1840s, railways were sprouting up all over the country in a haphazard way.

Synonyms

• ackerspyre (Chester)

Related terms

• unsprouted
• brussel sprout

Translations

to grow, to germinate

• Armenian: ծլարձակել (hy) (clarjakel)
• Assamese: গজা (goza)
• Azerbaijani: cücərmək
• Bikol Central: tambo (bcl)
• Bulgarian: прораствам (prorastvam)
• Catalan: germinar (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏰᎲᏍᎦ (aliyehvsga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 發芽 / 发芽 (zh) (fāyá)

• Dutch: ontspruiten (nl), uitschieten (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝermi, elkreski
• Estonian: idanema, tärkama
• Finnish: itää (fi)
• French: germer (fr)
• Galician: xermolar (gl), xerminar
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)
• German: sprießen (de), keimen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (keinan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θάλλω (thállō), βλαστάνω (blastánō)

• Hungarian: kihajt (hu), kicsírázik (hu)
• Indonesian: bertunas (id)
• Ingrian: ittää, itähyä
• Italian: germogliare (it)
• Japanese: 発芽する (ja) (hatsuga suru)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 새싹 (saessak), ^{(please verify)} 발아하다 (ko) (barahada)
• Latin: germinō, herbesco
• Macedonian: ’рти (’rti)
• Maori: kotira, kōriro
• Marathi: अंकुरणे (mr) (aṅkurṇe), मोड येणे (moḍ yeṇe)
• Minangkabau: tumbuah
• Portuguese: germinar (pt)
• Russian: прорастать (ru) (prorastatʹ)
• Sicilian: aggigghiari (scn)
• Spanish: germinar (es)
• Swedish: gro (sv)
• Tamil: முளை (ta) (muḷai)
• Telugu: మొలకెత్తు (te) (molakettu)
• Thai: งอก (th) (ngɔ̂ɔk)
• Turkish: bitmek (tr), filizlenmek (tr)
• Welsh: egino (cy)

to cause to grow from a seed

• Bikol Central: tambo (bcl)
• Bulgarian: израствам (bg) (izrastvam)
• Catalan: brotar (ca)
• Dutch: laten ontkiemen
• Finnish: idättää (fi)
• French: faire germer
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)
• Ingrian: iättää
• Italian: germogliare (it)
• Japanese: スプラウト (supurauto)
• Macedonian: изрти (izrti)
• Mandarin: 發芽 / 发芽 (zh) (fāyá), 发芽 (zh) (fāyá)
• Portuguese: brotar (pt)
• Sicilian: aggigghiari (scn)
• Spanish: brotar (es)
• Telugu: మొలిపించు (molipiñcu)
• Welsh: egino (cy)

to emerge from the soil as sprouts

• Azerbaijani: cücərmək, göyərmək
• Bikol Central: tambo (bcl)
• Bulgarian: пониквам (bg) (ponikvam)
• Catalan: brollar (ca)
• Galician: agromar (gl), xermolar (gl)
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba)
• Ingrian: orastua
• Maori: kotira, whakangao, kōhura, mātātupu
• Sicilian: aggigghiari (scn), spicari
• Welsh: egino (cy)

to emerge from a surface

• Catalan: brollar (ca)
• Galician: xurdir (gl), agromar (gl)
• Maori: mihamiha (refers to the growth of hair)
• Welsh: egino (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} keimen (de)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} spíra, ^{(please verify)} bruma (is), ^{(please verify)} byrja að laufgast, ^{(please verify)} vaxa ört, ^{(please verify)} þjóta upp, ^{(please verify)} láta koma upp, ^{(please verify)} láta vaxa, ^{(please verify)} tína spírur af
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} brotar (es)

Anagrams

• Troups, Proust, Stroup, Portus, stupor, surtop