spark
English
/spɑɹk/, /spɑːk/
noun
Definitions
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
- (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus .
- (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
- (UK) An electrician.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sparke inherited from Old English spearca inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprakô derived from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (sparrow, sprinkle, strew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sperg-
Gloss
sparrow, sprinkle, strew
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispark English
- asparkle English
- line English
- macrospark English
- microspark English
- nanospark English
- outsparkle English
- respark English
- sea sparkle English
- spark test English
- sparkable English
- sparken English
- sparker English
- sparkest English
- sparketh English
- sparkful English
- sparkie English
- sparkily English
- sparkiness English
- sparkish English
- sparkishly English
- sparkle English
- sparkleberry English
- sparkleless English
- sparkler English
- sparkless English
- sparklessly English
- sparklessness English
- sparklest English
- sparklet English
- sparkleth English
- sparklike English
- sparkline English
- sparkly English
- sparky English
- test English
- aspergo Latin
- conspergo Latin
- dispergo Latin
- respergo Latin
- spargō Latin
- *(s)pregʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sperg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sparwaz Proto-Germanic
- *sprakô Proto-Germanic
- spearca Old English
- पर्जन्य Sanskrit
- sparke Middle English
- sparkle Middle English
- spǫrr Old Norse
- espargier Middle French
- aspargu Aromanian
- test
- line
- sparky
- sparkly
- sparker
- sparken
- respark
- sparkle
- sparkie
- sparkish
- sparkful
- sparkler
- sparklet
- sparkily
- sparketh
- sparkest
- asparkle
- sparkleth
- sparkless
- antispark
- sparklest
- nanospark
- sparkline
- sparklike
- sparkable
- macrospark
- outsparkle
- spark test
- sparkiness
- sparkishly
- microspark
- sea sparkle
- sparklessly
- sparkleless
- sparkleberry
- sparklessness