noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌkɪt͡ʃəˈnɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
CMU ARPABET:K IH2 CH AH0 N EH1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
small kitchen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kitchen
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English kitchen Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English kitchenette From kitchen + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَطْبَخ صَغِير
(maṭbaḵ ṣaḡīr)
— small kitchen
Arabic:
مُطَيْبِخ
(muṭaybiḵ)
— small kitchen
Bulgarian:
кухненски бокс
(kuhnenski boks)
— small kitchen
Catalan:
cuina americana
— small kitchen
Chinese Mandarin:
小厨房
(xiǎochúfáng)
— small kitchen
Chinese Mandarin:
簡易廚房 /简易厨房
(jiǎnyìchúfáng)
— small kitchen
Czech:
kuchyňský kout
— small kitchen
Finnish:
keittokomero
— small kitchen
French:
cuisinette
— small kitchen
German:
Kochnische
— small kitchen
German:
Teeküche
— small kitchen
Hungarian:
főzőfülke
— small kitchen
Hungarian:
főzőkonyha
— small kitchen
Hungarian:
garzonkonyha
— small kitchen
Hungarian:
teakonyha
— small kitchen
Italian:
angolo cottura
— small kitchen
Italian:
cucinotto
— small kitchen
Italian:
cucinino
— small kitchen
Japanese:
キチネット
— small kitchen
Korean:
간이 부엌
(gani bueok)
— small kitchen
Latvian:
neliela virtuve
— small kitchen
Macedonian:
чајна кујна
(čajna kujna)
— small kitchen
