Standard Lemma guide

syringe

noun · verb · 6 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
  • General-American: /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • General-American: /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪndʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: S ER0 IH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S IH1 R IH0 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

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 device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an ear syringe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To inject by means of a syringe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical instrument

Narrower terms: douche, douche bag, hypodermic syringe, hypodermic, hypo

6

verb

Meaning 6

spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spray

History

Etymology

From Middle French syringe (“syringe”), from Latin sȳringem, accusative of sȳrinx (“reed, panpipe”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Across languages

Translations

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shiringë — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Azerbaijani: şpris — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Azerbaijani: şırınqa — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Bulgarian: спринцовка (sprincovka) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Catalan: xeringa — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 針筒 /针筒 (zhēntǒng) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注射器 (zhùshèqì) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Danish: sprøjte — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Finnish: ruisku — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • French: poire — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Galician: xiringa — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • German: Spritze — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Ancient Greek: κλυστήρ (klustḗr) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Indonesian: sepuit — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Japanese: 注射器 (chūshaki) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Māori: pūwero — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Plautdietsch: Spretz — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Polish: strzykawka — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Portuguese: seringa — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Russian: спринцо́вка (sprincóvka) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Slovak: striekačka — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Spanish: jeringa — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Swahili: sirinji — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Tagalog: panturok — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Tagalog: hiringgilya — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Turkish: şırınga — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرنغه (şırınga) — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Vietnamese: xi-lanh — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Vietnamese: xi lanh — a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
  • Albanian: shiringë — hypodermic syringe
  • Arabic: حُقْنَة (ḥuqna) — hypodermic syringe
  • Arabic: مِحْقَنَة (miḥqana) — hypodermic syringe
  • Arabic: إبرة (ʔibra) — hypodermic syringe
  • Arabic: برة (bra) — hypodermic syringe
  • Arabic: شوكة (šūka) — hypodermic syringe
  • Armenian: ներարկիչ (nerarkičʻ) — hypodermic syringe
  • Armenian: շպրից (špricʻ) — hypodermic syringe
  • Asturian: xeringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Azerbaijani: şırınqa — hypodermic syringe
  • Azerbaijani: şpris — hypodermic syringe
  • Basque: xiringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Belarusian: шпрыц (špryc) — hypodermic syringe
  • Bengali: সিরিঞ্জ (śirinjo) — hypodermic syringe
  • Bulgarian: шприц (špric) — hypodermic syringe
  • Bulgarian: спринцо́вка (sprincóvka) — hypodermic syringe
  • Burmese: ပြွတ် (prwat) — hypodermic syringe
  • Catalan: xeringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵙⴳⵏⵉⵜ (tisgnit) — hypodermic syringe
  • Chinese Cantonese: 注射器 (zyu3 se6 hei3) — hypodermic syringe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注射器 (zhùshèqì) — hypodermic syringe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 針筒 /针筒 (zhēntǒng) — hypodermic syringe
  • Czech: injekční stříkačka — hypodermic syringe
  • Czech: stříkačka — hypodermic syringe
  • Danish: sprøjte — hypodermic syringe
  • Dutch: injectiespuit — hypodermic syringe
  • Dutch: spuit — hypodermic syringe
  • Esperanto: injektilo — hypodermic syringe
  • Estonian: prits — hypodermic syringe
  • Faroese: sproyta — hypodermic syringe
  • Finnish: injektioruisku — hypodermic syringe
  • French: seringue — hypodermic syringe
  • Galician: xiringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Galician: xeringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Georgian: შპრიცი (šṗrici) — hypodermic syringe
  • German: Spritze — hypodermic syringe
  • Greek: σύριγγα (sýringa) — hypodermic syringe
  • Gujarati: સિરિંજ (siriñj) — hypodermic syringe
  • Hebrew: מַזְרֵק (mazrék) — hypodermic syringe
  • Hindi: सुई (suī) — hypodermic syringe
  • Hindi: सिरिंज (siriñj) — hypodermic syringe
  • Hungarian: fecskendő — hypodermic syringe
  • Icelandic: sprauta — hypodermic syringe
  • Indonesian: semprotan — hypodermic syringe
  • Indonesian: sepuit — hypodermic syringe
  • Irish: steallaire — hypodermic syringe
  • Italian: siringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Japanese: 注射器 (chūshaki) — hypodermic syringe
  • Kannada: ಸಿರಿಂಜ್ (siriñj) — hypodermic syringe
  • Kazakh: шприц (şpris) — hypodermic syringe
  • Khmer: សឺរ៉ាំង (səɨrang) — hypodermic syringe
  • Kongo: ntumbu — hypodermic syringe
  • Korean: 주사기 (jusagi) — hypodermic syringe
  • Northern Kurdish: şirinqe — hypodermic syringe
  • Kyrgyz: шприц (şprits) — hypodermic syringe
  • Lao: ກ້ອງສີດຢາ (kǭng sīt yā) — hypodermic syringe
  • Lao: ກ້ອງສັກຢາ (kǭng sak yā) — hypodermic syringe
  • Lao: ກ້ອງສີດ (kǭng sīt) — hypodermic syringe
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງສີດຢາ (khư̄ang sīt yā) — hypodermic syringe
  • Latin: sȳrinx — hypodermic syringe
  • Latvian: šļirce — hypodermic syringe
  • Lithuanian: švirkštas — hypodermic syringe
  • Macedonian: шприц (špric) — hypodermic syringe
  • Malay: picagari — hypodermic syringe
  • Malayalam: സിറിഞ്ചു് (siṟiñcŭ) — hypodermic syringe
  • Māori: pūwero — hypodermic syringe
  • Mongolian: тариур (tariur) — hypodermic syringe
  • Norman: sérîngue — hypodermic syringe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sprøyte — hypodermic syringe
  • Occitan: seringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Pashto: پېچکاري (pečkārī) — hypodermic syringe
  • Dari: پیچْکَارِی (pēčkārī) — hypodermic syringe
  • Iranian Persian: سُرَنْگ (sorang) — hypodermic syringe
  • Plautdietsch: Spretz — hypodermic syringe
  • Polish: strzykawka — hypodermic syringe
  • Portuguese: seringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Romanian: seringă — hypodermic syringe
  • Russian: шприц (špric) — hypodermic syringe
  • Serbo-Croatian: бри̏згалица — hypodermic syringe
  • Serbo-Croatian: шпри̏ц — hypodermic syringe
  • Serbo-Croatian: brȉzgalica — hypodermic syringe
  • Serbo-Croatian: šprȉc — hypodermic syringe
  • Slovak: striekačka — hypodermic syringe
  • Slovene: brizgalka — hypodermic syringe
  • Slovene: brizga — hypodermic syringe
  • Spanish: jeringa — hypodermic syringe
  • Spanish: jeringuilla — hypodermic syringe
  • Swedish: spruta — hypodermic syringe
  • Tagalog: hiringgilya — hypodermic syringe
  • Tagalog: panturok — hypodermic syringe
  • Tajik: сӯзан (süzan) — hypodermic syringe
  • Tajik: шпритс (šprits) — hypodermic syringe
  • Tajik: сӯзандору (süzandoru) — hypodermic syringe
  • Tamil: மருந்தூசி (maruntūci) — hypodermic syringe
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵙⴳⵏⵉⵜ (tisgnit) — hypodermic syringe
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⵙⵎⵉ (tasmi) — hypodermic syringe
  • Thai: เข็มฉีดยา (kěm-chìit-yaa-chaa) — hypodermic syringe
  • Thai: กระบอกฉีดยา (grà-bɔ̀ɔk-chìit-yaa) — hypodermic syringe
  • Turkish: enjektör — hypodermic syringe
  • Turkish: şırınga — hypodermic syringe
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرنغه (şırınga) — hypodermic syringe
  • Turkmen: şpris — hypodermic syringe
  • Ukrainian: шприц (špryc) — hypodermic syringe
  • Urdu: مِحْقَنَہ (mihqana) — hypodermic syringe
  • Urdu: سِرِنْج (sirinj) — hypodermic syringe
  • Uyghur: شپىرىس (shpiris) — hypodermic syringe
  • Uzbek: shprits — hypodermic syringe
  • Vietnamese: ống chích — hypodermic syringe
  • Vietnamese: bơm tiêm — hypodermic syringe
  • Vietnamese: ống tiêm — hypodermic syringe
  • Walloon: sirinke — hypodermic syringe
  • Welsh: chwistrell — hypodermic syringe
  • Welsh: chwistrellau — hypodermic syringe
  • Yiddish: שפּריץ (shprits) — hypodermic syringe
  • Finnish: ruiskuttaa — to clean or rinse
  • German: ausspülen — to clean or rinse
  • Romanian: clăti — to clean or rinse
  • Bulgarian: инжектирам (inžektiram) — to inject
  • Finnish: ruiskuttaa — to inject
  • German: spritzen — to inject
  • German: injizieren — to inject
  • Romanian: injecta — to inject
Real reading context

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