"Pringle" meaning in English

See Pringle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl Etymology: * (surname): Habitational, from a place near Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, from Middle English hop (“enclosed valley”) + a name of Old Norse origin composed of the byname Prjónn (“pin, peg”, cognate with English preen) + an unidentified second element. * (borough of Pennsylvania): Named in honor of Thomas Pringle. * (town in South Dakota): Started as a stage stop on the Sidney-Custer Trail, operated by Henry Pringle. Etymology templates: {{sense|surname}} (surname):, {{der|en|enm|hop|t=enclosed valley}} Middle English hop (“enclosed valley”), {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{m+|en|preen}} English preen, {{sense|borough of Pennsylvania}} (borough of Pennsylvania):, {{sense|town in South Dakota}} (town in South Dakota): Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pringle
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Pringle-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Washington County, Georgia.
    Categories (place): Places in Georgia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Pringle-en-name-5qe8KVLK Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 29 35 29 4
  3. A place in the United States:
    A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
    Categories (place): Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Pringle-en-name-9JvTrM0A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 20 52 20 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 18 54 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 16 59 16 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 16 60 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 5 26 39 26 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 25 41 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 24 42 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 25 42 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 24 44 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 23 41 23 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 24 44 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 25 41 25 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 29 35 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 24 44 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 22 49 22 6
  4. A place in the United States:
    A town in Custer County, South Dakota.
    Categories (place): Places in South Dakota, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in South Dakota, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Pringle-en-name-PeW9ijlP Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 29 35 29 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Pringles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl Etymology: There are several theories: * Named after Mark Pringle, who filed a US Patent 2,286,644 titled “Method and Apparatus for Processing Potatoes” on 5 March 1937. Pringle’s work was cited by Procter & Gamble (the original seller of Pringles) in filing their own patent for improving the taste of dehydrated processed potatoes. * Two Procter advertising employees lived on Pringle Drive in Finneytown (north of Cincinnati, Ohio), and the name paired well with “potato chips”. * Procter & Gamble chose the name from a Cincinnati telephone book. * “Chosen out of a hat” to promote a family name appeal. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pringle (plural Pringles)
  1. An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand. Derived forms: single as a Pringle Translations (individual potato snack of the Pringles brand): بْرِينْجَلْز (brīnjalz) (Arabic), 品客 (pǐnkè) (Chinese Mandarin), Pringle (Dutch), Pringle (Finnish), Pringle [masculine] (French), Pringle (German), Pringles (Hungarian), プリングルズ (puringuruzu) (Japanese), Pringle [masculine] (Portuguese), Принглс (Pringls) [masculine] (Russian), Pringle [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Pringle-en-noun-YYUczCSW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "single as a Pringle"
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  "etymology_text": "There are several theories:\n* Named after Mark Pringle, who filed a US Patent 2,286,644 titled “Method and Apparatus for Processing Potatoes” on 5 March 1937. Pringle’s work was cited by Procter & Gamble (the original seller of Pringles) in filing their own patent for improving the taste of dehydrated processed potatoes.\n* Two Procter advertising employees lived on Pringle Drive in Finneytown (north of Cincinnati, Ohio), and the name paired well with “potato chips”.\n* Procter & Gamble chose the name from a Cincinnati telephone book.\n* “Chosen out of a hat” to promote a family name appeal.",
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          "ref": "1984, Oliver Bloodstein, Speech pathology: an introduction:",
          "text": "Prizant and Duchan found that some echoes were modified to serve the function of requests. For example, to the question \"What do you want?\" one child answered, \"What do you want a Pringle.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Shane A Bernskoetter, Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq:",
          "text": "We watched him for a few minutes as he explored the area and then I broke off a piece of a Pringle.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Serve It Cold:",
          "text": "And who am I, an avid nacho-cheese Doritos with pinot blanc fan, to cast aspersions? I was nibbling on a Pringle when something caught my eye.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009, Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power:",
          "text": "Alas, the pizza-flavored Pringle rollout never happened in Italy, but in the United Kingdom and the United States, the snacks have been a hit.",
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      "sense": "individual potato snack of the Pringles brand",
      "word": "بْرِينْجَلْز"
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      "sense": "individual potato snack of the Pringles brand",
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      "sense": "individual potato snack of the Pringles brand",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "puringuruzu",
      "sense": "individual potato snack of the Pringles brand",
      "word": "プリングルズ"
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