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sprat — sprat … Dictionnaire des rimes
sprat — [ sprat ] n. m. • 1772; sprot 1723; mot angl. ♦ Petit poisson marin (clupéiformes), voisin du hareng, appelé aussi anchois de Norvège.⇒ harenguet. Sprat fumé. ● sprat nom masculin (anglais sprat) Poisson (clupéidé) des mers nordiques, voisin du… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sprat — (spr[a^]t), n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small European herring ({Clupea sprattus}) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; called also {garvie}. The name is also applied to small herring… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
şprat — s. m. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic ŞPRAT s. m. peşte mic din familia clupeide, asemănător cu heringul, în Marea Nordului şi Marea Mânecii. (< engl., fr. sprat) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
sprat — ► NOUN 1) a small marine fish of the herring family, caught for food and fish products. 2) informal any small sea fish. ● a sprat to catch a mackerel Cf. ↑a sprat to catch a mackerel ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
sprat — /sprat/, n., pl. sprats, (esp. collectively) sprat for 1. 1. a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic. 2. a small or inconsequential person or thing. [1590 1600; var. of earlier sprot, ME, OE (c. G Sprott); appar. same … Universalium
Sprat — Sprat, Jack →↑Jack Sprat … Dictionary of contemporary English
sprat — [ spræt ] noun count a small fish that lives in the ocean in the northern half of the world. It is a type of herring. a. uncount a sprat eaten as food … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sprat — sprat; sprat·ter; … English syllables
sprat — [sprat] n. [< ME sprotte < OE sprott: for IE base see SPROUT] any of a genus (Sprattus) of small, silvery herrings of temperate seas, esp. a European species ( S. sprattus) often canned as food … English World dictionary
sprat — ( ţi), s.m. – Varietate de sardele (Clupea Sulinae). it. spratto (Candrea). Trimis de blaurb, 13.01.2009. Sursa: DER … Dicționar Român
