cuvette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cuvette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kjuˈvɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === cuvette (plural cuvettes) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. (military) A cunette. (analytical chemistry) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer. The inner lid of a timepiece. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From cuve +‎ -ette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ky.vɛt/ === Noun === cuvette f (plural cuvettes) basin, bowl; washbowl basin, washbasin (in bathroom) pan (of toilet) (photography) dish (geology) basin ==== Descendants ==== → English: cuvette → German: Küvette → Portuguese: cuvete → Romanian: chiuvetă → Turkish: küvet === Further reading === “cuvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012