sprat

English

a European sprat, Sprattus sprattus

Etymology

From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɹæt/
Rhymes: -æt

Noun

sprat (plural sprat or sprats)

Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.

Derived terms

Translations

any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus

Czech: šprot m
Dutch: sprot (nl) m
Esperanto: sproto
Estonian: kilu, sprott (when oiled)
Faroese: brislingur m
Finnish: anjovis (fi), kilohaili (fi), sardelli (fi) (no unifying term)
French: sprat (fr) m
German: Sprotte (de) f
Greek: παπαλίνα f (papalína)
Ancient Greek: μαίνη f (maínē)
Hungarian: sprotni
Irish: bioránach m, maghar m, salán m, sprot m, stuifín m
Italian: spratto m, papalina (it) f
Latin: maena f
Maori: kupae

Norwegian:
Bokmål: brisling m

Nynorsk: brisling m
Persian: کیلکا‎ (fa) (kilkâ)
Polish: szprot (pl) m
Portuguese: espadilha (pt) f
Romanian: sprot
Russian: ки́лька (ru) f (kílʹka), шпрот (ru) m (šprot)
Scots: garvie
Scottish Gaelic: garbhag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: слеђица f

Roman: sleđica f
Spanish: espadín (es) m
Swedish: skarpsill (sv) c

See also

Anagrams

S trap, TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, strap, tarps, traps

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sprât/

Noun

sprȁt m (Cyrillic spelling спра̏т)

floor, story/storey (level)

Declension

Declension of sprat

	singular	plural
nominative	sprat	spratovi
genitive	sprata	spratova
dative	spratu	spratovima
accusative	sprat	spratove
vocative	sprate	spratovi
locative	spratu	spratovima
instrumental	spratom	spratovima

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:спрат.

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