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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.
Noun
spruit (plural spruits)
- (South Africa) A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 489:Though there is such a poor prospect for public irrigation schemes, the country seems, on the whole, fairly well watered in years of normal rainfall, and there are many springs and "spruits," or rivulets, more or less permanent.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch spruit, from Middle Dutch sprute. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.
Pronunciation
Noun
spruit (plural spruite, diminutive spruitjie)
- (geography) stream or small river; river branch
Usage notes
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sprute, spruut, spruyte, from Old Dutch *sprūtan. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.
Pronunciation
Noun
spruit f (plural spruiten, diminutive spruitje n)
- (botany) a sprout, shoot, a branch-like part of a plant which grows from the rest
- a child, seen as a parent's offspring, usually said of a minor
- (construction) a style or beam which rests on another
- a branch of a plumbing pipe, rope etc.
- (geography) a small river, river branch, especially used in South African toponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
spruit
- inflection of spruiten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)