spigot

English

Etymology

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Old French [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/[1]
Homophone: spicket (occasionally)

Noun

spigot (plural spigots)

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
The plug of a faucet or cock.
(Appalachia) A faucet.

Translations

a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask

Catalan: tap (ca) m
Finnish: tappi (fi)
Galician: billa f, espita (gl) f, espicho m

Norwegian: svikk m
Serbo-Croatian: slavina (sh), pipa (sh)

the plug of a faucet or cock

Catalan: aixeta (ca) f
Finnish: tulppa (fi)
Norwegian: tapp m, propp m

Serbo-Croatian: slavina (sh) f
Spanish: llave (es) f, (faucet) grifo (es) m, (cock) válvula (es)

faucet — see tap

References

Harvard Dialect Survey

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