kitchenette
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Etymology
[edit]From kitchen + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌkɪt͡ʃəˈnɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
[edit]kitchenette (plural kitchenettes)
- A small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room.
- 1943, Punch, volume 205, page 274:
- It is a kind of large cellar with a kitchenette and a bathroomette adjoining.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:
- Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.
Descendants
[edit]- → Brazilian Portuguese: quitinete
Translations
[edit]small kitchen
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See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-
- English terms suffixed with -ette (diminutive)
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛt
- Rhymes:English/ɛt/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations