écuelle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French écuelle. Doublet of scuttle and scutella.

Noun

écuelle (plural écuelles)

1. A two-handled bowl for soup or porridge.

Verb

écuelle (third-person singular simple present écuelles, present participle écuelling, simple past and past participle écuelled)

1. (transitive) To rub the surface of (fruit) in a bowl to extract essential oil

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French escuele, from Latin scutella (in Vulgar Latin influenced by scūtum), diminutive of Latin scutra. Doublet of esquilette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kɥɛl/
• Hyphenation: é‧cuelle

Noun

écuelle f (plural écuelles)

1. bowl
2. bowlful

   Synonym: bolée

Further reading

• “écuelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.