dewdrop

See also: dew drop

English

Dewdrops on a blade of grass.

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

   • 2001, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Ashutosh Gowariker, et al.:
     [Bhuvan, English captions, O Rey Chhori:] It's like the dewdrop on a lotus leaf...
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
• Tamil: பனித்துளி (ta) (paṉittuḷi), பனிநீர் (ta) (paṉinīr)
• Turkish: çiy damlası
• Ukrainian: роси́нка f (rosýnka)