spark

Etymology 1
From, , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), perhaps from , from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
 * 2) A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
 * 3) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
 * 4)  A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
 * , Book IV, Chapter XVII
 * But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge
 * 1) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus.
 * 2) (in the plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
 * 3)  An electrician.
 * 4)  A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
 * 1) (in the plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
 * 2)  An electrician.
 * 3)  A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
 * 1)  A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.

Synonyms

 * s, germ, glimmer
 * s, germ, glimmer

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vonk
 * Albanian:, shtiaz,
 * Arabic: شَرَارَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: شرارة
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: կայծ, կայծակն
 * Aromanian: scãntealji, scãntealje
 * Assamese: ফিৰিঙটি
 * Azerbaijani: qığılcım
 * Basque: txinparta
 * Belarusian: і́скра
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gnist
 * Dutch:, , vuursprank
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: neisti
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, muxica, moxena, fírgoa, famelga, funisca
 * Georgian: ნაპერწკალი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπινθήρ
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: drithle, spréach, splanc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ұшқын
 * Khmer:, កំទេចភ្លើង
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پِرشِنگ
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປະກາຍ, ລູກໄຟ
 * Latgalian: dzierksts, spierksts
 * Latin: scintilla
 * Latvian: dzirkstele
 * Lithuanian: kibirkštis
 * Luxembourgish: Fonk
 * Macedonian: и́скра
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: korā
 * Mazanderani: سریکه
 * Middle English: sparke, sparkel
 * Nanai: посин
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gneiste
 * Occitan:, scintila
 * Old Prussian: spanxti
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Funk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sbrinzel
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: schinchidha, scincidha
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: искра, варница, жижица, жижа
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Sicilian: faiḍḍa, spisiḍḍa
 * Slovak: iskra
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: škrja
 * Upper Sorbian: škra
 * Spanish:, , , chiribita
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шарора
 * Thai:, ลูกไฟ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: uçgun
 * Ukrainian: і́скра
 * Urdu: چنگاری
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: tia lửa
 * Walloon:, , ,
 * Welsh: gwreichionen


 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: կայծ, կայծակն
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gnist
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sparko
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, funisca,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: spréach
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 스파크
 * Latvian: dzirkstele
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gneiste
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: искра
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: faiḍḍa
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: škrja
 * Upper Sorbian: škra
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: tia lửa điện
 * Welsh: gwreichionen, taniad


 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: gnist
 * French:
 * Irish: splanc
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: dzirksts
 * Middle English: sparkel
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gneiste
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
 * 2)  To light; to kindle.
 * 3)  To give off a spark or sparks.
 * 4)  To shoot; to fire
 * 1)  To give off a spark or sparks.
 * 2)  To shoot; to fire

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Irish: spréach
 * Middle English: sparken, sparklen
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Welsh: ,

Etymology 2
Probably Scandinavian, akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A gallant; a foppish young man.
 * 2) A beau, lover.
 * 1) A beau, lover.
 * 1) A beau, lover.
 * 1) A beau, lover.

Verb

 * 1)  To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:woo

Etymology
From, verbal noun to.

Noun

 * 1) kick

Noun

 * 1) kick

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) kick

Noun

 * 1) a kick (with a foot)

Noun

 * 1) a kick (with a foot)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) kick
 * 2)  (to be given) the boot (get fired from work)
 * 1)  (to be given) the boot (get fired from work)