ustensile
French
Etymology
Variant (influenced by user) of Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“usable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ustensile m (plural ustensiles)
- utensil
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:
- Seigneur barbier, ou qui que vous soyez, sachez que je suis du même état que vous ; […] et que je connais parfaitement tous les instruments et ustensiles du métier de la barbe, sans en excepter un seul […] .
- Sir barber, or whoever you might be, know that I am of the same profession as you; […] and that I know perfectly all the instruments and utensils of the trade of barbering, without excepting a single one […] .
Further reading
- “ustensile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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