English[edit]
A typical household colander
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle English colyndore and Old Occitan colador (“strainer”), ultimately from Latin cōlum. Cognates include Italian colino and Spanish colador.
Pronunciation[edit]
colander (plural colanders)
- A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta.
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Translations[edit]
a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- Arabic: مِصْفَاة f (miṣfāh)
- Armenian: քամոց (hy) (kʿamocʿ), քամիչ (hy) (kʿamičʿ)
- Azerbaijani: süzgəc (az), kəfgir (az)
- Bulgarian: решето n (rešeto), гевгир m (gevgir)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 濾器 (zh), 滤器 (zh) (lǜqì), 漉鍋, 漉锅 (lùguō), 漏勺 (zh) (lòusháo)
- Czech: cedník (cs) m, řešeto (cs) n
- Danish: dørslag n
- Dutch: vergiet (nl) n, verzijp n
- Finnish: siivilä (fi), lävikkö (fi)
- French: passoire (fr) f
- Georgian: თუშფალანგი (tušpalangi)
- German: Sieb (de) m, Seiher (de) m, Durchschlag (de) m
- Alemannic German: Fättere f
- Greek: σουρωτήρι (el) n (sourotíri), τρυπητό (el) n (trypitó)
- Icelandic: dörslag n
- Indonesian: penapis (id)
- Irish: síothlaí m
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