spatula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/ Hyphenation: spat‧u‧la === Noun === spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ) (cooking) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. Synonyms: fish slice, fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, kitchen turner, cooking turner, flipper (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. Synonyms: scraper, dough scraper (dated) A palette knife. (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. (UK) A tongue depressor. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino. (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === spatula (third-person singular simple present spatulas, present participle spatulaing, simple past and past participle spatulaed) (transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula. (transitive) To strike with a spatula. == Latin == === Alternative forms === spathula === Etymology === Diminutive from spatha (“broad, flat tool”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspa.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspaː.tu.la] === Noun === spatula f (genitive spatulae); first declension a broad, flat piece. spatula porcina — "leg of pork". a little palm frond. (Late Latin) a scapula (shoulder blade). (Late Latin) a spoon or spatula (kitchenware). ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== spatulātus, spathulātus ==== Related terms ==== spatha ==== Descendants ==== === References === “spatula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "spatula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “spatula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Noun === spatula definite nominative/accusative singular of spatulă