English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
IPA|/sp��(r)k/, SAMPA|/spA:(r)k/, AHD|spärk
audio|en-us-spark.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)k

Homophones
SPARC

Noun
spark (plural sparks)

1. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
2. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
3. figuratively A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
4. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.

Synonyms
i-c|figurative: small amount of something|such as an idea|that has the potential to become something greater beginnings, germ, glimmer

Translations

trans-top|particle of glowing matter
Arabic: ARchar|شرارة unicode|(šará:ra) f
Bosnian: iskra#Bosnian|iskra f
Chinese: �� (hu�hu�)
Dutch: vonk
Finnish: kipinä
French: étincelle f
German: Funke m
Hungarian: szikra
Italian: scintilla f
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Japanese: �� (���, hibana)
Korean: �� (bulkkot)
Kurdish: KUchar|���خ�اخ��, KUchar|پ�ش�گ
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: gnist m
*Nynorsk: gneiste m
Portuguese: faísca f
Russian: и�к�а (ískra) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: и�к�а#Serbian|и�к�а f
:Roman: iskra#Serbian|iskra f, varnica f, žižica f, žiža f
Spanish: chispa f
Swedish: gnista
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trans-top|burst of electrical discharge
Bosnian: iskra#Bosnian|iskra f
Finnish: kipinä
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: gnist m
*Nynorsk: gneiste m
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Russian: и�к�а (ískra) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: и�к�а#Serbian|и�к�а f
:Roman: iskra#Serbian|iskra f, varnica f
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trans-top|figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater

Norwegian:
*Bokmål: gnist m
*Nynorsk: gneiste m
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trans-top|informal: ship's radio operator
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Norwegian: gnist m
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Russian: �лек��ик (non-slang), па�л�ник (slang)
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
to spark (sparks sparking, sparked)

1. (also spark off) To trigger (an argument, etc).

Intransitive verb
to spark (sparks sparking, sparked)

1. To give off a spark or sparks.

Derived terms
bright spark
spark gap
spark knock
spark off
spark of life
spark plug
sparks fly

Related terms
sparkle

See also
w:spark|Wikipedia article on sparks

Faroese
Pronunciation
IPA|[spa�k]

Noun
spark n

1. kick

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n5|sp|a|rk|ø

Derived terms
sparka (to kick)
brotsspark (penalty kick)
fríspark (free kick)
hornaspark (corner kick)
málspark (goal kick)
neyðspark (when forced to kick the ball off)

Category:Faroese nouns
Category:fo:Football (Soccer)

Icelandic

Noun
spark n

1. a kick

Derived terms
sparka

Category:Icelandic nouns

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