utensil

See also: Utensil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtensilis (“usable”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /juˈtɛn.səl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Noun

utensil (plural utensils)

An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.
We have convenient storage for all the kitchen utensils.
A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.
He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:utensil.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:instrument

Translations

device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war

Bulgarian: при́бор (bg) m (príbor), съд (bg) m (sǎd)
Catalan: utensili (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: gereedschap (nl), gerei (nl)
Finnish: tarvike (fi), tarvekalu (fi); kalusto (fi) (mass noun)
French: ustensile (fr)
Greek: σκεύος (el) n (skévos), σύνεργο (el) n (sýnergo), εργαλείο (el) n (ergaleío)
Ido: utensilo (io)
Italian: utensile (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: redskap (no) m or n

Nynorsk: reiskap m

Polish: sprzęt kuchenny m
Portuguese: utensílio (pt) m
Romanian: ustensilă (ro) f
Russian: посу́да (ru) f (posúda), у́тварь (ru) f (útvarʹ)
Slovak: riad m
Spanish: utensilio (es) m
Tagalog: lalanghutan (kitchen), kakamangan (household)
Tamil: ஏனம் (ta) (ēṉam)
Telugu: గృహోపకరణము (te) (gr̥hōpakaraṇamu)

small implement specialized for certain types of processing

Catalan: utensili (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: benodigdheden (nl) m pl
Finnish: työväline (fi), väline (fi)

Galician: utensilio (gl) m
Greek: σύνεργο (el) n (sýnergo), εργαλείο (el) n (ergaleío)
Indonesian: perkakas (id)
Russian: инструме́нт (ru) m (instrumént), ору́дие (ru) n (orúdije), (device) прибо́р (ru) m (pribór)
Telugu: ఉపకరణము (te) (upakaraṇamu)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} ustensile de cuisine (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} Utensil (de) n

Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} ཉེར་སྤྱད (nyer spyad)

Anagrams

luteins, sultine, untiles

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