sprayer

English

A water spray bottle (#1)

A field sprayer system in folded, and open configuration (#2)

Etymology

From spray +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹeɪɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)

Noun

sprayer (plural sprayers)

1. An object used for spraying, such as a spray bottle.
2. A device, machine or vehicle used for spraying, where sprayers are commonly used for projection of water, weed killers, crop performance materials, pest maintenance chemicals, as well as manufacturing and production line ingredients.
3. One who sprays.

   Graffiti often includes the sprayer's name.

Derived terms

• bidet sprayer
• Vermorel sprayer

Translations

object used for spraying

• Bulgarian: пръскачка f (prǎskačka), пулверизатор (bg) m (pulverizator)
• Polish: opryskiwacz m, atomizator m, atomizer (pl) m, rozpylacz m
• Portuguese: pulverizador m
• Russian: пульвериза́тор (ru) m (pulʹverizátor), спрей (ru) m (sprɛj)

device or vehicle used for spraying

• Bulgarian: пръскачка f (prǎskačka)
• Polish: opryskiwacz m, atomizator m, atomizer (pl) m, rozpylacz m
• Spanish: pulverizador (es) m, pulverizadora f, (only for weed killers and pest maintenance chemicals) fumigador m, fumigadora f

Further reading

• “sprayer”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “sprayer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sprayer”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• prayers, respray

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sprayer m

1. indefinite plural of spray

Verb

sprayer

1. present of spraye

Swedish

Noun

sprayer

1. indefinite plural of spray