droplet

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UK/ˈdɹɒplət/US/ˈdɹɑplət/

noun

A very small drop.

OriginEnglish drop ← Middle English droppe →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

noundroplet (plural droplets)

plural droplets

  1. A very small drop.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdroppen
  2. Middle Englishdroppe
  3. Englishdrop
  4. Englishdroplet

From drop + -let.

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Translations

Arabic قُطَيْرَة
  • قُطَيْرَة (quṭayra)very small drop
Bulgarian ка́пчица
  • ка́пчица (kápčica)very small drop
Catalan goteta
  • gotetavery small drop
Chinese Mandarin 小滴
  • 小滴 (xiǎodī)very small drop
Czech kapička
  • kapičkavery small drop
Dutch druppeltje
  • druppeltjevery small drop
Esperanto guteto
  • gutetovery small drop
Finnish tippa, pisara
  • tippavery small drop
  • pisaravery small drop
French gouttelette, goutte
  • gouttelettevery small drop
  • gouttevery small drop
German Tröpfchen
  • Tröpfchenvery small drop
Greek σταγονίδιο, σταλίτσα
  • σταγονίδιο (stagonídio)very small drop
  • σταλίτσα (stalítsa)very small drop
  • σταγόνα (stagóna)very small drop
Hebrew טיפית
  • טיפית (tipít)very small drop
Hindi बूंद
  • बूंद (būnd)very small drop
Hungarian cseppecske
  • cseppecskevery small drop
Icelandic dropi, smádropi
  • dropivery small drop
  • smádropivery small drop
Irish driog, braoinín
  • driogvery small drop
  • braoinínvery small drop
Italian gocciolina
  • gocciolinavery small drop
Japanese 小滴
  • 小滴 (shōteki)very small drop
Latin guttula
  • guttulavery small drop
Latvian lāse
  • lāsevery small drop
Māori māturu
  • māturuvery small drop
Polish kropelka
  • kropelkavery small drop
Portuguese gotinha, gotícula
  • gotinhavery small drop
  • gotículavery small drop
Russian ка́пелька
  • ка́пелька (kápelʹka)very small drop
Slovak kvapôčka
  • kvapôčkavery small drop
Spanish gotita
  • gotitavery small drop
Swedish droppe
  • droppevery small drop
Thai หยาดน้ำ
  • หยาดน้ำ (yàat náam)very small drop
Turkish damlacık
  • damlacıkvery small drop
Ukrainian кра́пелька
  • кра́пелька (krápelʹka)very small drop
Vietnamese giọt nhỏ
  • giọt nhỏvery small drop
Welsh defnyn
  • defnynvery small drop

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with droplet

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Cite this entry
APA

droplet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droplet

MLA

“droplet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droplet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “droplet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droplet.

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