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kettle

/ˈketəl/KEH-tuhl
/ˈkɛtəl/KEH-tuhl

Meaningkettle

Common meaning: a vessel for boiling water

Journey through time

  1. Old Norseketill‘kettle’source
  2. Latincatillus‘small bowl’source
  3. Middle Englishketel‘kettle’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssmall bowl → a vessel for boiling waterkettle‘a vessel for boiling water’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse ketill ‘kettle’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry KETTLE, p. 313 · dictionary scan

Roots

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