kettle
English
/ˈkɛ.təl/, /ˈkɛ.təl/, /ˈkɪtl̩/
noun
Definitions
- A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea.
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (ornithology) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (rail transport) A steam locomotive
- (musical instruments) A kettledrum.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ketel derived from Old Norse ketill (kettle) inherited from Old English ċietel (kettle, cauldron) derived from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (vessel, kettle, bucket) derived from Latin catīllus (small dish), catinus (deep bowl, vessel for cooking up serving food, bowl).
Origin
Latin
catinus
Gloss
deep bowl, vessel for cooking up serving food, bowl
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
鉢, 丼
Emoji
🍜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bell English
- belly English
- drum English
- kettlebell English
- kettlebelly English
- kettledrum English
- kettledrummer English
- kettledrumming English
- kettleful English
- kettlelike English
- kettler English
- tea English
- teakettle English
- teakettler English
- alumiinikattila Finnish
- emalikattila Finnish
- haudekattila Finnish
- hornankattila Finnish
- höyrykattila Finnish
- kattila Finnish
- kattilahuone Finnish
- kattilakivi Finnish
- kattilalaakso Finnish
- kattilalaitos Finnish
- kattilalaitteisto Finnish
- kattilallinen Finnish
- kattilankahva Finnish
- kattilansanka Finnish
- kerroskattila Finnish
- keskuslämmityskattila Finnish
- leijukerroskattila Finnish
- leijupetikattila Finnish
- lämmöntalteenottokattila Finnish
- painekattila Finnish
- perunakattila Finnish
- rasvakattila Finnish
- sellukattila Finnish
- soodakattila Finnish
- sähkökattila Finnish
- catillo Latin
- catillus Latin
- catillus, catīllus Latin
- catinus Latin
- catīllus Latin
- catīnus Latin
- Dampfkessel German
- Hexenkessel German
- Kessel German
- Kesselhaus German
- Kesselschlacht German
- Kesselstein German
- Kesselwagen German
- Kupferkessel German
- Teekessel German
- Wasserkessel German
- einkesseln German
- fluitketel Dutch, Flemish
- frietketel Dutch, Flemish
- heksenketel Dutch, Flemish
- ketel Dutch, Flemish
- ketelmuziek Dutch, Flemish
- loogketel Dutch, Flemish
- mafketel Dutch, Flemish
- stoomketel Dutch, Flemish
- котелок Russian
- котловина Russian
- котёл Russian
- kjele Norwegian Bokmål
- kettlebell Portuguese
- *katilaz Proto-Germanic
- kittel Swedish
- kittelflickare Swedish
- kjel Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjele Norwegian Nynorsk
- cetel Old English
- cytel Old English
- ċietel Old English
- ketel Middle English
- ketil-hat Middle English
- citeal Irish
- citealdruma Irish
- grautarketill Old Norse
- ketill Old Norse
- Keld Danish
- kedel Danish
- *kotьlъ Proto-Slavic
- ketill Icelandic
- केतली Hindi
- ketel Indonesian
- tegell Welsh
- ketel Middle Dutch
- kezzil Old High German
- ketel Afrikaans
- ketil Faroese
- ticl'ye Norman
- kezzel Middle High German
- Kessel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *katil gmw-pro
- *ketil Old Dutch
- *kattila Proto-Finnic
- કીટલી Gujarati
- *katinos Proto-Italic
- igedlela Zulu
- किटली Marathi
- tsjettel Western Frisian
- tsietel Old Frisian
- ਕੇਤਲੀ Panjabi, Punjabi
- kitil Brunei Malay
- kitil karan Brunei Malay
- ketil Elfdalian
- ketolo Sikaiana