spriet

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sprit/ Hyphenation: spriet Rhymes: -it === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch spriet, from Old Dutch *spriet, from Proto-West Germanic *spreut. ==== Noun ==== spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n) (botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig (nautical) sprit antenna ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: sprichi (from the diminutive) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Sprit. ==== Noun ==== spriet m (uncountable, no diminutive) (chiefly Belgium) lignite