dewdrop

See also: dew drop

English

Alternative forms

• dew-drop, dew drop

Etymology

From Middle English deu drop, dew droppe, dewe droppe, equivalent to dew +‎ drop. Compare Dutch dauwdruppel (“dewdrop”), German Tautropfen (“dewdrop”), Danish dugdråbe (“dewdrop”), Swedish daggdroppe (“dewdrop”), Faroese døggdropi (“dewdrop”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dewdrop (plural dewdrops)

1. A droplet of water formed as dew.

   Hypernym: drop

2. (baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
3. A plant of species Dalibarda repens.

   Synonyms: false violet, Robin runaway, star violet

Derived terms

• golden dewdrop
• red and silver dewdrop

Translations

a droplet of water formed as dew

Belarusian: расі́нка f (rasínka) Chinese: Mandarin: 露珠 (zh) (lùzhū) Dutch: dauwdruppel (nl) m Finnish: kastepisara French: goutte de rosée f German: Tautropfen (de) m Greek: δροσοσταλίδα (el) f (drosostalída) Ancient Greek: πρώξ f (prṓx) Hungarian: harmatcsepp (hu) Japanese: 露滴 (ろてき, roteki) Korean: 이슬 (ko) (iseul), 이슬방울 (iseulbang'ul) Navajo: dahtooʼ Russian: роси́нка (ru) f (rosínka) Spanish: gota de rocío f Swedish: daggdroppe (sv) c Turkish: çiy damlası Ukrainian: роси́нка f (rosýnka)