name
Meaning 1
plural of Sprinkle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sprinkles
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈspɹɪŋkl̩z/
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of sprinkle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- He had a double ice cream cone, with sprinkles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of sprinkle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jimmies
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chocolate candy
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: strooiversiersel — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Czech: cukrářské sypání — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Czech: cukrářské perličky — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Danish: krymmel — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Danish: drys — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Dutch: hagelslag — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Dutch: spikkels — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Finnish: nonparelli — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Finnish: strösseli — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- German: Schokostreusel — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Hungarian: tortadara — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Icelandic: skrautsykur — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Indonesian: meses — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Italian: momperiglia — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Japanese: スプリンクル (supurinkuru) — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Polish: posypka cukrowa — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Portuguese: granulado — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Romanian: sute și mii — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Russian: посы́пка (posýpka) — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Spanish: mostacilla — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Spanish: chispitas — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Spanish: grageas — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Swedish: strössel — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
- Turkish: serpinti — small candy or sugar pieces as decoration
Real reading context