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skillet

/sˈkɪlət/SKIH-luht
/sˈkɪlət/SKIH-luht

Meaninga salver

Common meaning: shallow frying pan

Journey through time

  1. Latinseutella‘a salver’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa salver → a little dishescuellette‘a little dish’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa little dish → shallow frying panskillet‘shallow frying pan’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin seutella ‘a salver’.

Roots

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