Standard Lemma guide

droplet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɹɒplət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdɹɑplət/
  • rhymes with -ɒplət
  • CMU ARPABET: D R AA1 P L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A very small drop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Unami: pànkpèk — very small drop
  • Vietnamese: giọt nhỏ — very small drop
  • Volapük: tof — very small drop
  • Walloon: gotlete — very small drop
  • Welsh: defnyn — very small drop