noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈdɹɒplət/
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US:/ˈdɹɑplət/
rhymes with -ɒplət
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A very small drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a tiny drop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop, drib, driblet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English drop Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English droplet From drop + -let.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قُطَيْرَة
(quṭayra)
— very small drop
Armenian:
փոքր կաթիլ
(pʻokʻr katʻil)
— very small drop
Azerbaijani:
damcı
— very small drop
Breton:
banne
— very small drop
Bulgarian:
ка́пчица
(kápčica)
— very small drop
Catalan:
goteta
— very small drop
Chinese Mandarin:
小滴
(xiǎodī)
— very small drop
Czech:
kapička
— very small drop
Dutch:
druppeltje
— very small drop
Esperanto:
guteto
— very small drop
Finnish:
tippa
— very small drop
Finnish:
pisara
— very small drop
French:
gouttelette
— very small drop
French:
goutte
— very small drop
West-Frisian:
dripke
— very small drop
Georgian:
წვეთი
(c̣veti)
— very small drop
German:
Tröpfchen
— very small drop
Greek:
σταγονίδιο
(stagonídio)
— very small drop
Greek:
σταλίτσα
(stalítsa)
— very small drop
Greek:
σταγόνα
(stagóna)
— very small drop
Hebrew:
טיפית
(tipít)
— very small drop
Hindi:
बूंद
(būnd)
— very small drop
Hungarian:
cseppecske
— very small drop
Icelandic:
dropi
— very small drop
Icelandic:
smádropi
— very small drop
Ido:
guteto
— very small drop
Ingrian:
tilkka
— very small drop
Ingrian:
pisara
— very small drop
Ingrian:
tippa
— very small drop
Ingrian:
tilkku
— very small drop
Ingrian:
tilppu
— very small drop
Irish:
driog
— very small drop
Irish:
braoinín
— very small drop
Italian:
gocciolina
— very small drop
Japanese:
小滴
(shōteki)
— very small drop
Khmer:
ដំណក់តូច
(dɑmnɑk tooc)
— very small drop
Latin:
guttula
— very small drop
Latvian:
lāse
— very small drop
Māori:
māturu
— very small drop
Nahuatl:
chichipictli
— very small drop
Nahuatl:
chichipiniliztica
— very small drop
Polish:
kropelka
— very small drop
Portuguese:
gotinha
— very small drop
Portuguese:
gotícula
— very small drop
Russian:
ка́пелька
(kápelʹka)
— very small drop
Serbo-Croatian:
ка̏пљица
— very small drop
Serbo-Croatian:
kȁpljica
— very small drop
Shona:
donhwe
— very small drop
Slovak:
kvapôčka
— very small drop
Spanish:
gotita
— very small drop
Swedish:
droppe
— very small drop
Thai:
หยาดน้ํา
(yàat náam)
— very small drop
Tocharian B:
pältakw
— very small drop
Turkish:
damlacık
— very small drop
Ukrainian:
кра́пелька
(krápelʹka)
— very small drop