spatula

See also: spatulă

English

A plastic kitchen spatula for turning and lifting

Spatula for scraping

Etymology

From Latin spatula ‎(“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha ‎(“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη ‎(spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Compare spatha and spathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspætʃʊlə/

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Noun

spatula ‎(plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)

1. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
2. (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
3. (dated) A palette knife.
4. (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
5. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
   • 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service

     The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!

Synonyms

• (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting): fish slice, turner
• (kitchen utensil for scraping): scraper, dough scraper

Derived terms

Derived terms

spatular spatulate

spatulation spatulous

Related terms

• spatulate

Translations

kitchen utensil for turning and lifting

• Catalan: espàtula f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鑊鏟, 镬铲 ‎(wok⁶ caan²)

  Mandarin: 鍋鏟, 锅铲 ‎(guōchǎn)

• Czech: špátle f
• Danish: palet c, paletkniv c
• Dutch: spatel (nl) c
• Finnish: lasta (fi)
• French: spatule (fr) f
• German: Pfannenwender (de) m
• Greek: σπάτουλα (el) f ‎(spátoula)
• Icelandic: spaði m

• Irish: spadal m
• Italian: spatola (it) f
• Japanese: 箆 (ja) ‎(へら, hera), スパーテル ‎(supāteru), フライ返し ‎(フライがえし, furaigaeshi) (slotted spatula)
• Korean: 뒤집개 (ko) ‎(dwijimgae)
• Malay: sudip
• Maori: koko
• Polish: łopatka (pl) f, szpachelka f
• Portuguese: espátula (pt) f
• Russian: лопа́точка (ru) f ‎(lopátočka), лопа́тка (ru) f ‎(lopátka)
• Spanish: espátula (es) f
• Swedish: stekspade c
• Tagalog: espatula
• Turkish: spatula (tr)

kitchen utensil for scraping bowls

• German: Teigspatel m, Teigschaber (de) m

• Persian: لیسک (fa) ‎(lisak)

palette knife

• Danish: palet c, paletkniv c
• Dutch: spatel (nl) c, steker (nl) m

• Finnish: palettiveitsi (fi)
• German: Spachtelmesser n
• Tagalog: espatula

thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials

• Danish: spatel (da) c
• Dutch: spatel (nl) c
• Finnish: spaatteli (fi)

• German: Spatel m
• Russian: шпа́тель (ru) m ‎(špátelʹ)
• Swedish: spatel c

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• French: ^{(please verify)} spatule (fr) f (3)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} spatola (it) f (1,2,3)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• spathula

Etymology

Diminutive from spatha ‎(“broad, flat tool”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.tu.la/

Noun

spatula f ‎(genitive spatulae); first declension

1. a broad, flat piece.

   spatula porcina — "leg of pork".

2. a little palm frond.
3. (Late Latin) a scapula (shoulder blade).
4. (Late Latin) a spoon or spatula (kitchenware).

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spatula	spatulae
genitive	spatulae	spatulārum
dative	spatulae	spatulīs
accusative	spatulam	spatulās
ablative	spatulā	spatulīs
vocative	spatula	spatulae

Derived terms

• spatulātus, spathulātus

Related terms

• spatha

Descendants

• Albanian: shpatull
• Asturian: espalda
• Catalan: espatlla
• English: spatula
• French: épaule, spatule
• Friulian: spale
• Greek: σπάτουλα ‎(spátoula)
• Italian: spalla, spatola

• Occitan: espatla
• Portuguese: espalda, espádua, espátula (borrowing)
• Romanian: spatulă
• Romansch: spatla
• Sicilian: spadda
• Spanish: espalda
• Venetian: spała, spatoła, spadoła
• Walloon: spale

References

• spatula in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SPATULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• spatula in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.