tablespoon

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Alternative forms

• table spoon

Etymology

table +‎ spoon

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Noun

tablespoon (plural tablespoons)

1. (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
2. (Australian, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
3. A unit of measure, equal to three teaspoons or roughly 15 milliliters in US, exactly 15 milliliters in Britain and Canada, equal to four teaspoons or 20 milliliters in Australia.

Synonyms

• (large spoon used for eating): dessertspoon, dessert spoon (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK)
• (unit of measure): tbsp, tbs

Translations

a large spoon, used for eating food

Bosnian: kašika f., žlica f., ližka f. Chinese: Mandarin: 大湯匙 (cmn), 大汤匙 (cmn) (dà tāngchí) Croatian: žlica f., ližka f., kašika f. Danish: spiseske (da) c. Dutch: eetlepel (nl) m., soeplepel (nl) m. Finnish: ruokalusikka (fi) French: cuiller à soupe (fr) f., grande cuiller (fr) f. German: Esslöffel (de) m. Greek: κουτάλι (kutáli) n., κουτάλι σούπας (kutáli súpas) n. Hebrew: קף (he) (kaf) Hungarian: evőkanál (hu) Icelandic: matskeið (is) f. Italian: cucchiaio da tavola m.

Japanese: さじ (ja) (saji), スプーン (ja) (supūn) Korean: 큰스푼 (ko) (keun-seupun) Lithuanian: valgomasis šaukštas m. Luxembourgish: Iessläffel (lb) m. Polish: łyżka f., łyżka stołowa f. Portuguese: colher (pt) f., colher de sopa (pt) f. Russian: столовая ложка (ru) (stolóvaja lóžka) f. Scottish Gaelic: spàin-bhùird (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: кашика f., жлица f., лижка f. Roman: kašika f., žlica f., ližka f. Slovak: lyžica f. Spanish: cuchara de sopa f., cuchara (es) f. Vietnamese: muỗng canh (vi) Volapük: fidaspun (vo)

Australia: a spoon for cooking

Danish: grydeske (da) c. French: louche (fr) f., cuiller à pot (fr) f.

German: Kochlöffel (de) Greek: κουτάλα (el) (kutála) f.

a unit of measure

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: spiseske (da) c., spiseskefuld (da) c. Dutch: eetlepel (nl) m. Finnish: ruokalusikallinen (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: Esslöffel (de) Greek: κουταλιά (kutaliá) n., κουταλιά της σούπας (kutaliá tis súpas) n. Icelandic: matskeið (is) f. Italian: cucchiaiata (it) f.

Japanese: 大さじ (ja) (ōsaji) Polish: łyżka f., łyżka stołowa f. Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: столовая ложка (ru) (stolóvaja lóžka) f. Scottish Gaelic: spàin-bhùird (gd) f. Spanish: cucharada (es) f. Swedish: matsked (sv) Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• cutlery
• dessertspoon, dessert spoon
• silverware
• soupspoon, soup spoon
• teaspoon, tea spoon