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sperling

sperling noun: a European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Noun

sperling (plural sperlings)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
    Synonyms:
    sparling
  2. (US, dialectal, obsolete) A young herring.

Proper noun capitalized: Sperling

Sperling

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of sperling

Forms of sperling

pluralsperlings
alternative formspirling
alternative formspurling

Origin of sperling

Alteration of sparling.

Questions about sperling

What does sperling mean?
Sperling means a European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
What part of speech is sperling?
Sperling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sperling?
The plural of sperling is sperlings.

Words near sperling in the dictionary

  1. sperichil
  2. sperichils
  3. Sperl
  4. Sperlich
  5. Sperlichs
  6. sperling
  7. sperlings
  8. Sperls
  9. sperm
  10. sperm bank
  11. sperm banks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sperling (page history and authors); Sperling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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