Definition
Small, thin pieces or pieces of colored sugar, chocolate, or other toppings scattered over desserts and ice cream.
Etymology
Sprinkles comes from the verb 'sprinkle,' which comes from Middle Dutch 'sprenkelen.' This is an onomatopoeia-like word where the sound mirrors the action—'spr' sounds like spattering.
Kelly Says
Sprinkles are called 'jimmies' in some parts of America but 'hundreds and thousands' in Britain—the same candy topping has different names depending on where you grew up, and nobody really knows why the names diverged.
Translations
ARالعربية
زخارف
zah-ka-raf
BNবাংলা
চিড়িয়া
chi-ree-ya
CACatalà
espolvores
es-pol-voh-ress
CSČeština
polevání
po-leh-va-nee
DADansk
sprinkles
sprinkl
DEDeutsch
Streusel
shtruh-zel
ELΕλληνικά
σπρίνκλς
sprin-kl-s
ESEspañol
chispas
chee-spas
FISuomi
sprinkles
sprinkl
FRFrançais
sprinkles
sprinkl
HEעברית
ספרינקל
s-pri-n-kel
HIहिन्दी
चिड़िया
chi-ree-ya
HUMagyar
cukormázas
tsoo-kor-mah-zas
IDBahasa Indonesia
sprinkles
sprinkl
ITItaliano
perline
per-lee-neh
MSBahasa Melayu
sprinkles
sprinkl
MYမြန်မာ
စပ်ကြွင်း
sat-kwin
NLNederlands
sprinkles
sprinkl
NONorsk
sprinkles
sprinkl
PLPolski
cukierki
tsoo-kher-kee
PTPortuguês
granulados
grah-noo-lah-dooss
RORomână
sprinkles
sprinkl
RUРусский
посыпка
posyp-ka
SVSvenska
sprinkles
sprinkl
SWKiswahili
sprinkles
sprinkl
TRTürkçe
tohumlar
to-hum-lar
UKУкраїнська
цукерки
tsoo-ker-kee
URاردو
چھوٹے چھلکے
cho-tay chhil-kay
VITiếng Việt
kẹo sprinkles
keh-oh spr-inkl
ZUZU
isprinkles
i-sprinkl