assiette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet. === Noun === assiette (plural assiettes) A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assidēre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sjɛt/ === Noun === assiette f (plural assiettes) (archaic) manner of being seated, situation Synonym: assise ne pas être dans son assiette ― to feel under the weather (horse racing) seat (nautical) trim, attitude, pitch attitude (accounting) basis dish (the food) plate, dish (the crockery) plateful Synonyms: assiettée, platée ==== Derived terms ==== assiette anglaise dans son assiette pique-assiette ==== Descendants ==== → Chadian Arabic: أسيت (ʔasēt) → English: assiette, ashet → German: Assiette → Norwegian Nynorsk: asjett → Piedmontese: assieta → Romanian: asietă → Swedish: assiett → Finnish: asetti === Further reading === “assiette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === attisées == Norman == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assideō, assidēre. === Noun === assiette f (plural assiettes) (Jersey) plate (Jersey) round stone ==== Derived terms ==== assiettée (“plateful”)