ketel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ketel, from Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪə̯.təl/

Noun

ketel (plural ketels, diminutive keteltjie)

1. kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)
2. boiler (device for heating a building)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.təl/

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• Hyphenation: ke‧tel
• Rhymes: -eːtəl

Noun

ketel m (plural ketels, diminutive keteltje n)

1. kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)
2. boiler (device for heating a building)

Derived terms

• frietketel
• heksenketel
• ketelmuziek
• mafketel
• soepketel
• stoomketel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ketel
• Berbice Creole Dutch: ketle
• Jersey Dutch: kêtel
• Negerhollands: keetel, kitl
• → Caribbean Javanese: kètèl
• → Indonesian: ketel
• → Papiamentu: ketel
• → Sranan Tongo: ketre
  • → Saramaccan: ketè

See also

• waterkoker

Anagrams

• leekt, lekte

Estonian

Noun

ketel

1. adessive plural of kesi

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch ketel, from Middle Dutch ketel, from Old Dutch *ketil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.t̪ɛl]
• Hyphenation: kè‧tèl

Noun

kètèl

1. kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water)

   Synonym: ceret

2. boiler (device for heating a building)

Etymology 2

From Betawi ketel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈt̪ɛl]
• Hyphenation: kê‧tèl

Noun

kêtèl

1. drop

   Synonym: tetes

Etymology 3

From Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦼꦭ꧀ (ketel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈt̪əl]
• Hyphenation: kê‧têl

Adjective

kêtêl

1. thick

   Synonyms: lebat, padat, tebal

Further reading

• “ketel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chetel, chetill, chetyle, chitel, ketell, ketil, ketyl, ketylle

Etymology

From Old English ċietel, ċetel and possibly reinforced by cognate Old Norse ketill, both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catīllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛtəl/, /ˈkitəl/, /ˈtʃɛtəl/, /ˈtʃitəl/

Noun

ketel (plural ketels)

1. A pot used to boil food in; a kettle.

   Synonym: caudroun

Derived terms

• ketil-hat

Descendants

• English: kettle (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: kettle, kittle

References

• “ketel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.