jaillir
Meanings
Verb
1. to spurt out, gush forth (of liquid, fire, etc.)
2. to spring out (of person, animal)
3. to thrust up, to jut out (of tower, obstruction)
4. to emerge from (of idea)
Examples8
Des larmes jaillirent de ses yeux.
Tears gushed from her eyes.
L'eau jaillit de la fontaine.
Water is spurting from the fountain.
Soudain un voleur jaillit de l'obscurité.
A thief suddenly springs out of the dark.
De l'eau a jailli du robinet cassé.
Water spouted from the broken tap.
De l'eau jaillit du robinet.
Water gushed out of the faucet.
Il fit jaillir une étincelle du silex.
He struck a spark from the flint.