utensil

See also: Utensil

English

Etymology

From Old French utensile, from Latin ūtensilis ‎(“usable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /juˈtɛn.səl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Noun

utensil ‎(plural utensils)

1. An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

   We have convenient storage for all the kitchen utensils.

2. A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.

   He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A small hand tool or material-handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:utensil.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:instrument

Translations

device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war

• Bulgarian: прибор (bg) m ‎(príbor), съд (bg) m ‎(sǎd)
• Catalan: utensili (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: gereedschap (nl), gerei (nl)
• Finnish: tarvike (fi), tarvekalu (fi); kalusto (fi) (mass noun)
• French: ustensile (fr)
• Greek: σκεύος (el) n ‎(skévos), σύνεργο (el) n ‎(sýnergo), εργαλείο (el) n ‎(ergaleío)
• Ido: utensilo (io)
• Italian: utensile (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redskap (no) m, n

  Nynorsk: reiskap m

• Polish: sprzęt kuchenny m
• Portuguese: utensílio (pt) m
• Romanian: ustensilă (ro) f
• Russian: посу́да (ru) f ‎(posúda), у́тварь (ru) f ‎(útvarʹ)
• Slovak: riad m
• Tagalog: lalanghutan (kitchen), kakamangan (household)
• Tamil: ஏனம் (ta) ‎(ēṉam)
• Telugu: గృహోపకరణము (te) ‎(gr̥hōpakaraṇamu)

small implement specialized for certain types of processing

• Catalan: utensili (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: benodigdheden (nl) m pl
• Finnish: työväline, väline (fi)
• Galician: utensilio (gl) m

• Greek: σύνεργο (el) n ‎(sýnergo), εργαλείο (el) n ‎(ergaleío)
• Indonesian: perkakas (id)
• Russian: инструме́нт (ru) m ‎(instrumént), ору́дие (ru) n ‎(orúdije), (device) прибо́р (ru) m ‎(pribór)
• Telugu: ఉపకరణము (te) ‎(upakaraṇamu)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} ustensile de cuisine
• German: ^{(please verify)} Utensil (de) n

External links

• Utensil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• utensil at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• sultine