noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/
US:/ˈkɑləndɚ/
US:/ˈkɔləndɚ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sieve, sile, strainer
2
noun
Meaning 2
bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cullender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strainer
History
Etymology
From Middle English colyndore, coloundour, colonur, variants of Middle English culdor, culdore, culatre, ultimately from Latin cōlātōrium, from Latin cōlum. Cognates include Italian colino and Spanish colador.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مِصْفَاة
(miṣfāh)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Armenian:
քամոց
(kʻamocʻ)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Armenian:
քամիչ
(kʻamičʻ)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Azerbaijani:
süzgəc
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Azerbaijani:
kəfgir
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Belarusian:
друшля́к
(drušlják)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Bulgarian:
решето
(rešeto)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Bulgarian:
гевгир
(gevgir)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Catalan:
escorredora
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Chinese Mandarin:
濾器 /滤器
(lǜqì)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Chinese Mandarin:
漉鍋 /漉锅
(lùguō)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Chinese Mandarin:
漏勺
(lòusháo)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Czech:
cedník
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Czech:
řešeto
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Danish:
dørslag
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Dutch:
vergiet
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Dutch:
verzijp
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Fijian:
lawalawa
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Finnish:
lävikkö
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
French:
passoire
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Georgian:
თუშფალანგი
(tušpalangi)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Sieb
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Küchensieb
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Abtropfsieb
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Seiher
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Durchschlag
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German:
Fättere
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Greek:
σουρωτήρι
(sourotíri)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Greek:
τρυπητό
(trypitó)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hindi:
कोलंडर
(kolaṇḍar)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hungarian:
szűrő
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hungarian:
tésztaszűrő
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hungarian:
szűrőedény
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Icelandic:
sigti
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Icelandic:
dörslag
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Indonesian:
penapis
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Irish:
síothlán
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Italian:
colino
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Italian:
colapasta
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Italian:
colabrodo
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Japanese:
コランダー
(korandā)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Japanese:
水切りボール
(mizukiri bōru)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Korean:
소쿠리
(sokuri)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Latin:
cōlum
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Macedonian:
цедалка
(cedalka)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Malay:
penapis
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Māori:
kumete tātari
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Māori:
tātari
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Norman:
coul'rêsse
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Norwegian:
dørslag
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Persian:
آبکش
(âbkeš)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Plautdietsch:
Säw
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Plautdietsch:
Derchschlach
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Polish:
durszlak
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Polish:
cedzak
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Portuguese:
escorredor
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Portuguese:
passador
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Portuguese:
coador
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Romanian:
strecurătoare
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Russian:
дуршла́г
(duršlág)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Scottish Gaelic:
sìoltachan
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
цедило
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
цједило
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
ђевђир
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
cedilo
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
cjedilo
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Serbo-Croatian:
đevđir
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Sicilian:
scolapasta
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Slovak:
cedák
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Slovak:
cedidlo
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Slovene:
cedilo
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Spanish:
colador
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Spanish:
escurridor
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Spanish:
coladero
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Spanish:
zafra
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Swedish:
durkslag
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Tibetan:
ཚག
(tshag)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Turkish:
süzgeç
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Turkish:
kevgir
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Ottoman Turkish:
سوزكج
(süzgec)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Ottoman Turkish:
مصفات
(misfât)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Ukrainian:
друшля́к
(drušlják)
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Uzbek:
chovli
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Vietnamese:
giá lọc
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Welsh:
hidlwr
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Welsh:
colandr
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Welsh:
hidl
— a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
