spout

Signification (English)

1. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. [[File:Spout (PSF).png|thumb|]]
2. A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
3. A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
4. A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.
5. A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.
6. A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).
7. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
8. A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

jaillir

bec

quelqu’un

se lever

casser les oreilles

faire jaillir

parler à jet continu

faire gicler

rebattre les oreilles

corner aux oreilles

battre les oreilles

gush out

burst into laughter

gush forth

outfall

shoot forth

spurt out

rain pipe

talk too much

rain gutter

sparging

gush up

grotesque figure

hose end

jet d’eau

jet of water

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spaʊt/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Cognate with néerlandais

Cognate with suédois

In summary

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

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