syringe

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English

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syringe

syringe with hypodermic needle

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/, /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Hyphenation: sy‧ringe

Noun

syringe (plural syringes)

A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- 2013 January 2, Lisa Selin Davis, “Is the Medical Community Failing Breastfeeding Moms?”, in Time‎^[1]:
  In Kelly’s case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe—she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast.
A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Usage notes

Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

Derived terms

Translations

a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane

Albanian: shiringë (sq) f
Azerbaijani: şpris
Bulgarian: спринцовка (bg) f (sprincovka)
Catalan: xeringa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 针筒 (zh) (zhēntǒng), 注射器 (zh) (zhùshèqì)
Danish: sprøjte c
Finnish: ruisku (fi)
French: poire (fr) f
Galician: xiringa f
German: Spritze (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: κλυστήρ m (klustḗr)
Japanese: 注射器 (ja) (chūshaki)
Maori: pūwero
Ottoman Turkish: شرنغه (şırınga)
Plautdietsch: Spretz f
Polish: strzykawka (pl) f
Portuguese: seringa (pt) f
Russian: спринцо́вка (ru) f (sprincóvka)
Slovak: striekačka f
Spanish: jeringa (es) f
Swahili: sirinji (sw)
Tagalog: panturok, hiringgilya
Turkish: şırınga (tr)

hypodermic syringe

Albanian: shiringë (sq) f
Arabic: حُقْنَة f (ḥuqna), مِحْقَنَة f (miḥqana)
Moroccan Arabic: إبرة f (ʔibra), برة f (bra), شوكة f (šūka)
Armenian: ներարկիչ (hy) (nerarkičʻ), շպրից (hy) (špricʻ)
Asturian: xeringa f
Azerbaijani: şırınqa f, şpris
Basque: xiringa
Belarusian: шпрыц m (špryc)
Bengali: সিরিঞ্জ (bn) (śirinjo)
Bulgarian: шприц (bg) m (špric), спринцо́вка (bg) f (sprincóvka)
Burmese: ပြွတ် (my) (prwat)
Catalan: xeringa (ca) f
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵙⴳⵏⵉⵜ f (tisgnit)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 注射器 (zyu³ se⁶ hei³)

Mandarin: 注射器 (zh) (zhùshèqì)
Czech: injekční stříkačka f, stříkačka (cs) f
Danish: sprøjte c
Dutch: injectiespuit (nl) c, spuit (nl) c
Esperanto: injektilo
Estonian: prits
Faroese: sproyta f
Finnish: injektioruisku
French: seringue (fr) f
Galician: xiringa f, xeringa f
Georgian: შპრიცი (šṗrici)
German: Spritze (de) f
Greek: σύριγγα (el) f (sýringa)
Gujarati: સિરિંજ f (siriñj)
Hebrew: מַזְרֵק (he) m (mazrék)
Hindi: सुई (hi) f (suī), सिरिंज f (siriñj)
Hungarian: fecskendő (hu)
Icelandic: sprauta (is) f
Indonesian: semprotan (id), sepuit (id)
Irish: steallaire f
Italian: siringa (it) f
Japanese: 注射器 (ja) (chūshaki)
Kannada: ಸಿರಿಂಜ್ (siriñj)
Kazakh: шприц (şpris)
Khmer: សឺរ៉ាំង (səɨrang)
Kongo: ntumbu
Korean: 주사기(注射器) (ko) (jusagi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şirinqe (ku)
Kyrgyz: шприц (ky) (şprits)
Lao: ກ້ອງສີດຢາ (kǭng sīt yā), ກ້ອງສັກຢາ (kǭng sak yā), ກ້ອງສີດ (kǭng sīt), ເຄື່ອງສີດຢາ (khư̄ang sīt yā)
Latvian: šļirce f
Lithuanian: švirkštas f
Macedonian: шприц m (špric)
Malay: picagari
Malayalam: സിറിഞ്ചു് (siṟiñcŭŭ)
Maori: pūwero
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тариур (mn) (tariur)
Norman: sérîngue f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sprøyte (no) m or f
Occitan: seringa (oc) f
Ottoman Turkish: شرنغه (şırınga)
Pashto: پېچکاري (ps) f (pečkārī)
Persian: سرنگ (fa) (sorang)
Plautdietsch: Spretz f
Polish: strzykawka (pl) f
Portuguese: seringa (pt) f
Romanian: seringă (ro) f
Russian: шприц (ru) m (špric)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бри̏згалица f, шпри̏ц m

Roman: brȉzgalica (sh) f, šprȉc (sh) m
Slovak: striekačka f
Slovene: brizgalka f, brizga f
Spanish: jeringa (es) f, jeringuilla f
Swedish: spruta (sv) c
Tagalog: hiringgilya, panturok
Tajik: сӯзан (tg) (süzan), шпритс (šprits)
Tamil: மருந்தூசி (ta) (maruntūci)
Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵙⴳⵏⵉⵜ f (tisgnit), ⵜⴰⵙⵎⵉ f (tasmi)
Thai: เข็มฉีดยา (th) (kěm-chìit-yaa-chaa), กระบอกฉีดยา (th) (grà-bɔ̀ɔk-chìit-yaa)
Turkish: enjektör (tr), şırınga (tr)
Turkmen: şpris
Ukrainian: шприц m (špryc)
Urdu: محقنہ (mihqina), سرنج f (sirinj)
Uyghur: شپىرىس (shpiris)
Uzbek: shprits (uz)
Vietnamese: ống chích, bơm tiêm, ống tiêm (vi)
Walloon: sirinke (wa) f
Welsh: chwistrell (cy), chwistrellau (cy) m
Yiddish: שפּריץ m (shprits)

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Translations to be checked

Norman: ^{(please verify)} êclyiche f (Jersey)

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.
Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!
To inject by means of a syringe.

Translations

to clean or rinse

Finnish: ruiskuttaa (fi)
German: ausspülen (de)
Romanian: clăti (ro)

to inject

Bulgarian: инжектирам (bg) (inžektiram)
Finnish: ruiskuttaa (fi)
German: spritzen (de), injizieren (de)
Romanian: injecta (ro)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} seringuer (fr)

References

Category:syringes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syːˈrin.ɡe/, [s̠yːˈrɪŋɡɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈrin.d͡ʒe/, [siˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒe]
Homophone: Sȳringe

Noun

sȳringe f

ablative singular of sȳrinx

Old English

Noun

sȳringe

inflection of sȳring:
1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
2. nominative/accusative plural