ketel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ketel, from Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪə̯.təl/

Noun

ketel (plural ketels, diminutive keteltjie)

1. kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)
2. boiler (device for heating a building)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.təl/

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• Hyphenation: ke‧tel
• Rhymes: -eːtəl

Noun

ketel m (plural ketels, diminutive keteltje n)

1. kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)
2. boiler (device for heating a building)

Derived terms

• frietketel
• heksenketel
• mafketel
• soepketel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ketel

See also

• waterkoker

Anagrams

• leekt, lekte

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• chetel, chitel, chetill, ketylle, chetyle, ketyl, ketell, ketil

Etymology

From Old Norse ketill and Old English cytel, cetel, both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catīllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛtəl/, /ˈtʃɛtəl/, /ˈtʃitəl/

Noun

ketel (plural ketels)

1. A pot used to boil food in; a kettle.

Derived terms

• ketil-hat

Descendants

• English: kettle
• Scots: kettle

References

• “ketel (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.