ladle

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.dəl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlæɪ.dəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh2- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: luhare — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Southern Altai: суску (susku) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Amharic: ጭልፋ (č̣əlfa) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Arabic: مِغْرَفَة (miḡrafa) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Arabic: مغرفة (maḡrafa) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Arabic: مِغْرَفَة (miḡrafa) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Arabic: كَبْشَة (kabša) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܓ݂ܪܲܦܬܵܐ (maḡraptā) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܚܘܿܫܬܵܐ (bāḥōštā) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Armenian: շերեփ (šerepʻ) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Asturian: garfiella — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Azerbaijani: çömçə — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Baluchi: ہنسگ (hansag) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Belarusian: чарпа́к (čarpák) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Belarusian: апало́нік (apalónik) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Belarusian: коўш (kowš) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Belarusian: чарпе́нь (čarpjénʹ) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Bengali: হাতা (hata) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Bhojpuri: करछूल (karəchūl) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Central Bikol: luwag — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Breton: kloge — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Bulgarian: черпа́к (čerpák) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Burmese: ယောက် (yauk) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Burmese: မှုတ် (hmut) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Catalan: cullerot — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Catalan: culler — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Cebuano: luwag — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Chinese Cantonese: 湯殼 /汤壳 (tong1 hok3) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Chinese Cantonese: 炒殼 /炒壳 (caau2 hok3) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Chinese Mandarin: 杓子 (sháozi) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Chinese Mandarin: 瓢 (piáo) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Crimean Tatar: çömüç — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Czech: naběračka — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Danish: øse — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Dhivehi: ސަމުސާ (samusā) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Dutch: pollepel — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Dutch: opscheplepel — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Dutch: juslepel — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Estonian: kulp — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Finnish: kauha — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• French: louche f cuillère à pot — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• French: poche — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• French: pochon — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Galician: cazo — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Galician: culler — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Galician: ferrada — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Galician: garfela — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Georgian: ჩამჩა (čamča) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• German: Kelle — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• German: Suppenkelle — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• German: Schöpfkelle — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• German: Schöpflöffel — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Greek: κουτάλα (koutála) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ancient Greek: κύαθος (kúathos) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ancient Greek: ἀρυτήρ (arutḗr) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Gujarati: કડછો (kaḍcho) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Gujarati: ડોઈ (ḍoī) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hawaiian: kīʻapu — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hebrew: מַצֶּקֶת (matséket) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Higaonon: luwag — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hindi: कलछी (kalchī) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hindi: करछा (karchā) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hindi: डोई (ḍoī) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Hungarian: merőkanál — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Icelandic: ausa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ingrian: kaavi — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ingrian: patalusikka — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Irish: ladar — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Italian: mestolo — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Italian: ramaiolo — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Japanese: お玉杓子 (otamajakushi) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Japanese: お玉 (otama) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kashubian: chòchla — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kashubian: kórzczew — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kashubian: kórzczôk — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kashubian: warzëchwia — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kazakh: ожау (ojau) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kazakh: шөміш (şömış) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Khmer: វែក (vɛɛk) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kikuyu: mũiko — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Komi-Zyrian: дар (dar) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Korean: 국자 (gukja) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kyrgyz: шорпого (şorpogo) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kyrgyz: чөмүч (cömüc) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Kyrgyz: сузгу (suzgu) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Lao: ຈອງ (chǭng) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Lao: ກະຕ່ອງ (ka tǭng) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Latin: trua — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Latin: trulla — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Latvian: pavārnīca — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Laz: შერეპი (şerep̌i) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Lithuanian: samtis — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Macedonian: цр́пка (cŕpka) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Macedonian: цр́палка (cŕpalka) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Macedonian: ку́тлача (kútlača) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Malay: senduk — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Brunei Malay: sinduk — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Malayalam: കയിൽ (kayil) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Malayalam: കോരിക (kōrika) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Manx: lheegh — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Manx: lheegh awree — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Māori: kapu — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Māori: kōtutu — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Eastern Mari: марласовла (marlasovla) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Western Mari: кого савала (kogo savala) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Mongolian: шанага (šanaga) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norman: dréch'rêsse — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norn: josa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norn: hjosa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norwegian Bokmål: ause — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norwegian Bokmål: øse — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ause — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ojibwe: emikwaanens — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Persian: مَلاقِه (malâqe) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Persian: کَفچِه (kafče) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Persian: چَمچِه (čamče) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Plautdietsch: Schleef — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: apałonik — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: chochla — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: kopyść — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: łyżka wazowa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: warząchew — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Polish: warzęcha — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Portuguese: concha — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Punjabi: ڈوئی (ḍo'ī) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Quechua: wisllasapa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Romanian: polonic — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Russian: поло́вник (polóvnik) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Russian: черпа́к (čerpák) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Russian: ковш (kovš) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Russian: поварёшка (povarjóška) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Sanskrit: दर्वि (darvi) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Scottish Gaelic: ladar — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: паљак — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: кациола — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: заимача — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: ше̏фља — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀хача — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀тлача — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: сипача — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: paljak — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: kaciola — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: zaimača — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: šȅflja — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: kùhača — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: kùtlača — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Serbo-Croatian: sipača — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Sicilian: cuppinu — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Sikkimese: སྐྱོགས (skyogs) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Silesian: kelnia — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Silesian: warzecha — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Slovak: naberačka — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Slovene: zajemalko — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: cucharón — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: cazo — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: hataca — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: venencia — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: avenencia — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Spanish: huishlla — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Swedish: slev — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Swedish: skopa — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tagalog: sandok — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tagalog: kutsaron — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tajik: кафлез (kaflez) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tajik: обгардон (obgardon) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tamil: கரண்டி (karaṇṭi) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tarifit: aɣenja — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tày: bôi — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tày: bai — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tày: buôi — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Thai: ทัพพี (táp-pii) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Tibetan: སྐྱོག (skyog) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Turkish: kepçe — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ottoman Turkish: كپچه (kepçe) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ottoman Turkish: چمچه (çömçe) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ottoman Turkish: صوساق (susak) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Turkmen: çolpy — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Udmurt: дуры (dury) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ukrainian: черпа́к (čerpák) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ukrainian: ополо́ник (opolónyk) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Ukrainian: ківш (kivš) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Unami: òlèmhòn — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Urdu: کَرْچھا (karchā) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Urdu: ڈوئی (ḍoī) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Uyghur: چۆمۈچ (chömüch) — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Uzbek: choʻmich — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Venetan: mescol — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Venetan: méscoƚo — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Vietnamese: môi — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Vietnamese: giá — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Vietnamese: muôi — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Vietnamese: vá — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Walloon: loce — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Welsh: lletwad — deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
• Bulgarian: пота (pota) — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Danish: støbeske — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Finnish: senkka — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Finnish: valusanko — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• French: poche — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• German: Gießpfanne — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Italian: siviera — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Polish: kadź — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Spanish: cazo — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Swedish: skänk — container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
• Bulgarian: греба (greba) — serve with a ladle
• Bulgarian: загребвам (zagrebvam) — serve with a ladle
• Chinese Cantonese: 𢳂 /𫼣 (bat1) — serve with a ladle
• Chinese Mandarin: 盛 (chéng) — serve with a ladle
• Dutch: opscheppen — serve with a ladle
• Dutch: inscheppen — serve with a ladle
• Dutch: opdienen — serve with a ladle
• Finnish: kauhoa — serve with a ladle
• Icelandic: ausa — serve with a ladle
• Ingrian: ammultaa — serve with a ladle
• Macedonian: цр́пи (cŕpi) — serve with a ladle
• Macedonian: нацр́пува (nacŕpuva) — serve with a ladle
• Manx: lheegh — serve with a ladle
• Māori: kōtutu — serve with a ladle
• Māori: tīkoko — serve with a ladle
• Russian: черпать (čerpatʹ) — serve with a ladle
• Russian: зачерпывать (začerpyvatʹ) — serve with a ladle
• Spanish: verter — serve with a ladle