crucible

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crucibulum (“night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot”), apparently a derivative of crux (“cross”), perhaps by analogy to thūribulum (“censer”) and suffix -bulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/

Noun

crucible (plural crucibles)

1. (chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
2. A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
3. The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
4. (figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

Translations

cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment

• Afrikaans: smeltkroes (af)
• Bulgarian: тигел (bg) m (tigel)
• Catalan: gresol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: žíhací kelímek m, tavicí kelímek m, tyglík (cs) m (archaic)
• Danish: smeltedigel c
• Dutch: smeltkroes (nl)
• Estonian: tiigel
• Finnish: upokas
• German: Tiegel (de) m
• Greek: χωνευτήρι (el) n (choneftíri)
• Icelandic: deigla (is) f, digull m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: crogiolo (it) m
• Malay: mangkuk pijar
• Persian: بوتهٔ چینی (bute-ye čini)
• Polish: tygiel (pl) m
• Portuguese: crisol (pt) m, cadinho (pt) m
• Russian: ти́гель (ru) m (tígelʹ)
• Slovak: téglik m
• Spanish: crisol (es) m
• Swedish: degel (sv) c
• Tagalog: lila (tl)

heat-resistant container in which metals are melted

• Afrikaans: smeltkroes (af)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܘܕܩܐ (bwdqʾ)

• Armenian: քուրա (hy) (kʻura)
• Bulgarian: тигел (bg) m (tigel)
• Catalan: gresol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坩堝／坩埚 (zh) (gānguō), 坩埚 (zh) (gānguō)

• Czech: tyglík (cs) m, žíhací kelímek m, tavicí kelímek m
• Danish: smeltedigel c
• Dutch: smeltkroes (nl)
• Esperanto: fandujo
• Estonian: tiigel
• Finnish: upokas (small); sulatuspata (large)
• French: creuset (fr) m
• German: Tiegel (de) m, Schmelztiegel (de) m
• Gujarati: રેજા (rejā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: crogiolo (it) m
• Japanese: 坩堝 (かんか, kanka)
• Korean: 도가니 (dogani)
• Maori: oko whakarewa
• Persian: بوته (fa) (bute)
• Polish: tygiel (pl) m
• Portuguese: crisol (pt) m, cadinho (pt) m
• Russian: ти́гель (ru) m (tígelʹ)
• Slovak: tégeľ m
• Spanish: crisol (es) m
• Swedish: smältdegel (sv) c
• Tajik: бӯта (büta)
• Welsh: tawddlestr m, llestr toddi m, crwsibl m

bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: pesä (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

difficult and trying experience

• Armenian: բով (hy) (bov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: ildprøve c
• Dutch: vuurproef (nl)
• Finnish: tulikoe (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: épreuve du feu (fr) f
• German: Feuerprobe (de) f
• Polish: ciężka próba f
• Portuguese: prova de fogo f
• Russian: суро́вое испыта́ние n (suróvoje ispytánije)
• Spanish: prueba de fuego
• Welsh: pair (cy) m, profedigaeth f