Translation
sponge
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Word origin
From Latin spongia ('sponge'), itself borrowed from Greek spongia. English 'sponge' is from the same Latin word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- spongia
- English cognates
- sponge
Grammar
Examples
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Wipe the table with the sponge, please.
usée, .
This sponge is too worn, we need to replace it.
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Sea sponges live attached to the ocean floor.
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He drank like a fish all evening.
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She let their quarrel go and they became friends again.
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