spout
English
/spaʊt/, /spʌʊt/
noun
Definitions
- A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. (PSF).
- A stream of liquid.
- The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spouten (spout) derived from Middle Dutch spoiten.
Origin
Middle Dutch
spoiten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aspout English
- bespout English
- down English
- downspout English
- fish English
- hole English
- land English
- landspout English
- rain English
- rainspout English
- spouter English
- spoutest English
- spouteth English
- spoutfish English
- spouthole English
- spoutless English
- sputter English
- sputterer English
- sputtery English
- water English
- waterspout English
- pruutta Finnish
- bespuiten Dutch, Flemish
- inspuiten Dutch, Flemish
- overspuiten Dutch, Flemish
- spuiten Dutch, Flemish
- spuitwater Dutch, Flemish
- verspuiten Dutch, Flemish
- spruta Swedish
- *sputren Middle English
- spouten Middle English
- spoiten Middle Dutch
- spùt Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic