utensil

See also Utensil

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin utensilis (“usable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /juˈtɛn.səl/, X-SAMPA: /ju"tEn.s@l/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Wikipedia

Noun

utensil (plural utensils)

1. An instrument or device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war.
2. A small hand tool or material-handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:instrument

Translations

device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war

• Bulgarian: прибор (bg) (príbor) m, съд (bg) (sǎd) m
• Catalan: utensili (ca) m
• Dutch: gereedschap (nl), gerei (nl)
• Finnish: tarvike (fi), tarvekalu (fi); kalusto (fi) (mass noun)
• French: ustensile (fr)
• Greek: σκεύος (el) (skeúos) n, σύνεργο (el) (sýnergo) n, εργαλείο (el) (ergaleío) n

• Italian: utensile (it) m
• Polish: sprzęt kuchenny (pl) m
• Russian: посуда (ru) (posúda) f, утварь (ru) (útvarʹ) f
• Slovak: riad (sk) m
• Telugu: గృహోపకరణము (te) (gruhOpakaraNamu)

small implement specialized for certain types of processing

• Catalan: utensili (ca) m
• Dutch: benodigdheden (nl) m pl
• Finnish: työväline (fi), väline (fi)
• Greek: σύνεργο (el) (sýnergo) n, εργαλείο (el) (ergaleío) n

• Russian: инструмент (ru) (instrumént) m, орудие (ru) (orúdije) n, (device) прибор (ru) (pribór) m
• Telugu: ఉపకరణము (te) (upakaraNamu)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ustensile de cuisine
• German: Utensil (de) n

Anagrams

• sultine