noun
Meaning 1
A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
tea strainer
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Across languages
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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 茶隔 (caa4 gaak3) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Chinese Mandarin: 濾茶器 /滤茶器 (lǜcháqì) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Dutch: theezeef — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Finnish: teesiivilä — strainer for loose tea leaves
- French: passe-thé — strainer for loose tea leaves
- French: boule à thé — strainer for loose tea leaves
- German: Teesieb — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Gujarati: ગળણી (gaḷṇī) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Italian: colino — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Italian: passino — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Italian: colino da te — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Japanese: 茶こし (chakoshi) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Korean: 차 거름망 (cha georeummang) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Central Kurdish: چاییپاڵێو (çayîpallêw) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Russian: ча́йное си́течко (čájnoje sítečko) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Russian: си́течко (sítečko) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Sikkimese: ཇ་ཙག (ja tsag) — strainer for loose tea leaves
- Swedish: tesil — strainer for loose tea leaves