Meanings
nounsprinkler (plural sprinklers)
plural sprinklers
- Anything that sprinkles.
- An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
- A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
Synonyms: fire sprinkler, sprinkler head
- preceded by definite articleA dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.
verbsprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)
present singular third person sprinklers · participle present sprinklering · participle past sprinklered · past sprinklered
- transitiveTo fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
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Bulgarian пръскачка, дъждовална машина
- пръскачка (prăskačka)anything that sprinkles
- дъждовална машина (dăždovalna mašina)irrigation device
- противопожарен душ (protivopožaren duš)fire sprinkler
Catalan ruixador, arruixador
- ruixadorirrigation device
- arruixadorirrigation device
- aspersorirrigation device
Chinese Mandarin 灑水器 /洒水器, 噴灑裝置 /喷洒装置
- 灑水器 /洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì)anything that sprinkles
- 噴灑裝置 /喷洒装置 (pēnsǎ zhuāngzhì)irrigation device
- 噴灌器 /喷灌器 (pēnguànqì)irrigation device
- 灑水器 /洒水器 (sǎshuǐqì)irrigation device
- 自動噴水滅火裝置 /自动喷水灭火装置 (zìdòng pēnshuǐ mièhuǒ zhuāngzhì)fire sprinkler
Finnish sadettaja, sadetin
- sadettajairrigation device
- sadetinirrigation device
- sprinklerifire sprinkler
French arroseur, asperseur
- arroseurirrigation device
- asperseurirrigation device
- gicleur d'incendiefire sprinkler
- sprinkleurfire sprinkler
German Sprinkler, Sprinkleranlage
- Sprinklerirrigation device
- Sprinkleranlageirrigation device
- Feuerlöschanlagefire sprinkler
Greek καταιονητήρας, καταιωνιστήρας
- καταιονητήρας (kataionitíras)fire sprinkler
- καταιωνιστήρας (kataionistíras)fire sprinkler
Hebrew ממטרה
- ממטרה (mamtéra)anything that sprinkles
Hungarian permetező, locsoló
- permetezőanything that sprinkles
- locsolóirrigation device
- automata tűzoltókészülékfire sprinkler
Irish aisréadóir, spréire
- aisréadóirirrigation device
- spréireirrigation device
- spréire uiscefire sprinkler
Italian spruzzatore
- spruzzatoreanything that sprinkles
Japanese スプリンクラー, スプリンクラー
- スプリンクラー (supurinkurā)anything that sprinkles
- スプリンクラー (supurinkurā)irrigation device
Korean 스프링클러, 스프링클러
- 스프링클러 (seupeuringkeulleo)anything that sprinkles
- 스프링클러 (seupeuringkeulleo)irrigation device
Norwegian Bokmål spreder, sprinkler
- sprederirrigation device
- sprinklerfire sprinkler
Polish spryskiwacz, zraszacz
- spryskiwaczanything that sprinkles
- zraszaczirrigation device
- tryskaczfire sprinkler
Portuguese aspersor
- aspersorirrigation device
Russian разбры́згиватель, опры́скиватель
- разбры́згиватель (razbrýzgivatelʹ)anything that sprinkles
- опры́скиватель (oprýskivatelʹ)anything that sprinkles
- пульвериза́тор (pulʹverizátor)anything that sprinkles
- спри́нклер (sprínkler)anything that sprinkles
- разбры́згиватель (razbrýzgivatelʹ)irrigation device
- опры́скиватель (oprýskivatelʹ)irrigation device
- дождева́льная устано́вка (doždeválʹnaja ustanóvka)irrigation device
- спри́нклер (sprínkler)irrigation device
- противопожа́рный спри́нклер (protivopožárnyj sprínkler)fire sprinkler
Spanish aspersor, aspersor de irrigación
- aspersorirrigation device
- aspersor de irrigaciónirrigation device
- rociadorfire sprinkler
- rociador automáticofire sprinkler
- rociador contraincendiofire sprinkler
- aspersor antiincendiosfire sprinkler
Swedish vattenspridare, sprinkler
- vattenspridareirrigation device
- sprinklerirrigation device
- sprinklerfire sprinkler
Turkish fıskiye, fıskiye
- fıskiyeirrigation device
- fıskiyefire sprinkler
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