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A hand grenade with spoon (lever) at right
Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle English spone “ spoon, chip of wood ” ), from Old English spōn “ sliver, chip of wood, shaving ” ), from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz “ chip, flake, shaving, spoon ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- “ chip, shaving, log, length of wood ” ). Cognate with Scots spun spon “ spoon, shingle ” ), West Frisian spoen Dutch spaan “ chip, flinders ” ), Low German spoon “ thin piece of wood, shaving ” ), German Span “ chip, flake, shaving ” ), Swedish spån “ chip, cutting ” ), Norwegian spon “ chip ” ), Icelandic spánn spónn Ancient Greek σφήν sphḗn , “ wedge ” ).
spoon (plural spoons
An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle .
Shakespeare
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon .
A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful .
( sports , archaic ) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood .( fishing ) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon .( dentistry, informal ) A spoon excavator .( figuratively , slang , archaic ) A simpleton , a spooney .
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( US , military ) A safety handle on a hand grenade , a trigger.
Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from spoon (noun)
Translations [ edit ]
scooped utensil for eating (or serving)
Abaza: мхӏа́чӏва mḥā́č̣°ā )
Abkhaz: амҳаҵә āmḥāc̣° )
Adyghe: джэмышх ǯ̍ăməšx ) ( Western )
Afar: dawwaar
Afrikaans: lepel
Akan: atere
Alabama: lapihchi lapihchosi
Albanian: lugë (sq) f
Amharic: ማንካ manəka )
Arabic: ملعقة f milʿáqa )
Egyptian Arabic: معلقة f maʿláʾa )
Iraqi Arabic: خاشوگة xāšūga )
Libyan Arabic: كاشيك kāšīk )
Tunisian Arabic: مغرفة f mḡarfa )
Aragonese: cullara f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܬܪܘܕܐ tarwāḏā )
Archi: чӏакъв č'aq'w )
Armenian: գդալ (hy) (gdal )
Assamese: চামুচ samus )
Asturian: cuyar f
Avar: гъуд ġud )
Azeri: qaşıq (az)
Baba Malay: senduk
Baluchi: چمچہ camca )
Bambara: kuyɛri kutu
Bashkir: ҡалаҡ qalaq )
Basque: koilara goilare
Belarusian: лы́жка (be) f lýžka ), (łyžka f łyžka ) ( łacinka )
Bengali: চামচ camôc )
Breton: loa (br)
Bulgarian: лъжица f lǎ̀žica )
Burmese: ဇွန်း (my) (jwan: )
Catalan: cullera (ca) f
Chechen: ӏайг ʿajg )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 匙羹 ci4 gang1 ), 調羹 tiu4 gang1 )
Mandarin: 匙子 (zh) (chízi ), 湯匙 汤池 (zh) (tāngchí ), 調羹 调羹 (zh) (tiáogēng ), 匙 (zh) (chí ), 勺子 (zh) (sháozi )
Cornish: lo f
Czech: lžíce (cs) f
Danish: ske (da) c
Dutch: lepel (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཐུར་མ thur ma )
Erzya: пенч penč )
Esperanto: kulero
Estonian: lusikas
Faroese: skeiđ f spónur m
Finnish: lusikka (fi)
French: cuiller (fr) f cuillère (fr) f
Friulian: sedon m
Gagauz: kaşık
Galician: culler (gl) f
Georgian: კოვზი kovzi )
German: Löffel (de) m
Greek: κουτάλι (el) n koutáli )
Ancient: κοχλιάριον n kochliárion )
Gujarati: ચમચો camaco )
Hebrew: כף (he) (kaf )
Hindi: चम्मच m cammac ), चम्चा m camca )
Huave: cochar
Hungarian: kanál (hu)
Icelandic: skeið (is) f
Ido: kuliero (io)
Igbo: ngajị
Indonesian: sendok (id) , sudu (id)
Interlingua: coclear
Interlingue: coclare
Inuktitut: ᐊᓘᑦ aluut )
Irish: spúnóg (ga) f
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: cucchiaio (it) m
Japanese: スプーン (ja) (supūn ), 匙 (ja) (さじ , saji
Kalmyk: ухр uxr )
Kabardian: лошкӏэ lošč̣̍ă )
Kannada: ಚಮಚ (kn) (camaca )
Karachay-Balkar: къашыкъ qaşıq )
Karakalpak: qasıq
Kazakh: қасық (kk) (qasıq )
Khakas: самнах samnax )
Khmer: ស្លាបព្រា (km) (slāp bprīə )
Kinyarwanda: yiko
Kirundi: ikiyiko
Komi-Zyrian: пань panʹ )
Korean: 숟가락 (ko) (sutgarak ), 스푼 (ko) (seupun )
Kumyk: къашыкъ qaşıq )
Kurdish:
Sorani: کهوچک
Kyrgyz: кашык kaşık )
Ladin: cazuol m
Lao: ບ່ວງ (lo) (būang )
Latgalian: lizeika
Latin: cocleārium n
Latvian: karote f
Limburgish: lepel
Lingala: ekijiiko
Lithuanian: šaukštas (lt) m
Lojban: smuci
Luxembourgish: Läffel
Lower Sorbian: łžyca f
Luganda: lokelé lútu
Luhya: sichiko
Luo: ojiko
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Maasai: en-kijíko ol-kurtét
Macedonian: ла́жица f lážica )
Malagasy: sotro
Malay: sudu (ms)
Malayalam: സ്പൂണ് spūṇ ), കരണ്ടി (ml) (karaṇṭi ), തവി (ml) (tavi )
Maltese: mgħarfa f
Mapudungun: wixü
Mazanderani: کچه kače )
Mon: ဇန် còn )
Mongolian: халбага halbaga )
Nepali: चम्चा n camca )
Ngazidja Comorian: sutru class 5 /6 , mkoɓe class 3 /4
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skje (no) m , f skei m , f
Nynorsk: skei f
Occitan: culhièr m culhèr m ( Gascon )
Old English: spon
Old Frisian: spon
Old High German: spanna
Old Irish: líach
Old Norse: sponn
Oriya: ଚାମଚ
Papiamentu: kuchara
Pashto: کاچوغه
Persian: قاشق (fa) (qâšoq, qâšeq ), چمچه (fa) (čamče, čomče )
Polish: łyżka (pl) f łyżeczka (pl) f ( teaspoon )
Portuguese: colher (pt) f
Quechua: wislla
Rohingya: camic
Romanian: lingură (ro) f
Romansch: tschadun m
Russian: ло́жка (ru) f lóžka ), ло́жечка (ru) f lóžečka ) ( teaspoon )
Rusyn: ло́жка lóžka )
Samogitian: please add this translation if you can
Santali: ᱪᱚᱢᱚᱪ camac )
Scottish Gaelic: spàin f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кашика f ( Serbia, Bosnia ) жлица f ( Croatia ) лижка f лaжица f
Roman: kašika (sh) f ( Serbia, Bosnia ) žlica (sh) f ( Croatia ) ližka f lažica f
Seri: eenm haxöl
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: łyżka
Sindhi: چَمْچو
Sinhalese: හැන්ද hænda )
Slovak: lyžica f lyžička f ( teaspoon ) varecha f vareška f
Slovene: žlica (sl) f
Sotho: kgaba
Southern Altai: калбак qalbaq )
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cuchara (es) f
Swahili: kijiko (sw) ( Western-style metal spoon ) mwiko (sw) ( African-style large wooden spoon )
Swedish: sked (sv) c
Tagalog: kutsara (tl)
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: қошуқ qošuq )
Tamil: கரண்டி (ta) (karaṇṭi )
Tatar: кашык (tt) (qaşıq )
Telugu: చెమ్చా cemcā )
Thai: ช้อน chón )
Tibetan: ཁེམ་བུ khem bu )
Tigrinya: ማንካ manəka )
Tlingit: shál
Turkish: kaşık (tr)
Turkmen: çemçe
Tuvan: омааш omaaš )
Ukrainian: ло́жка (uk) f lóžka )
Upper Sorbian: łžica f
Urdu: چمچ cammac ), چمچہ m camca )
Uyghur: قوشۇق qoshuq )
Uzbek: qoshiq (uz)
Venetian: cuciàro (vec) m
Veps: luzik
Vietnamese: thìa (vi) , muỗng (vi)
Vilamovian: łefuł
Volapük: spun (vo) , ( diminutive ) spunil
Võro: luits
Wallon: couyî
Welsh: llwy (cy) f
West Frisian: leppel spoen ( the latter is considered antiquated and usually refers to a chip of wood )
Wolof: kuddu
Xhosa: icephe
Yakut: ньуоска ńuoska ), хамыйах xamıyax )
Yiddish: לעפֿל m lefl )
Yoruba: ṣíbí
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: isipunu class 7 /8
measure that will fit into a spoon
— see spoonful
spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons present participle spooning simple past and past participle spooned
To serve using a spoon.
Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
( intransitive , dated ) To flirt ; to make advances; to court , to interact romantically or amorously.
( transitive or intransitive , slang , of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.( tennis ) To hit weakly
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] See also [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] Origin uncertain. Compare spoom
spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons present participle spooning simple past and past participle spooned
alternative form of spoom
Samuel Pepys
We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
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