kettle

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kĕt'(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.təl/, [ˈkʰɛtᵊɫ̩] (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.təl/, [ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩] (dated, regional US) IPA(key): /ˈkɪtəl/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈkɛʈɪl/, /-əl/ Rhymes: -ɛtəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”). (watch): Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch). ==== Noun ==== kettle (plural kettles) (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. Hypernym: vessel Coordinate terms: pot, cookpot, cooking pot, saucepan, pan, copper, cauldron, spider The quantity held by a kettle. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs. Synonym: teakettle (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole. (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive. (music) A kettledrum. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area. (slang) A watch (timepiece). A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process. (military) A type of encirclement. Near-synonym: cauldron (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish. Near-synonyms: cauldron, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation ===== Usage notes ===== In most varieties of English outside the United States (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, kettle usually refers to a vessel or appliance used to boil water. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (difficult situation): out of the frying pan, into the fire ==== Verb ==== kettle (third-person singular simple present kettles, present participle kettling, simple past and past participle kettled) (originally UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area. (intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault. ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== kettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia kettle (birds) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== kettle (plural kettles) Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”). === References === == Turkish == === Alternative forms === ketıl === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kettle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈce.tɯɫ/ === Noun === kettle (definite accusative kettleı, plural kettlelar) kettle (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food) Synonyms: kazan, ketıl, su ısıtıcısı, su kaynatıcısı ==== Declension ====