Standard Lemma guide

teakettle

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: dated outside US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

kettle for boiling water to make tea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kettle, boiler

History

Etymology

From tea + kettle.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ketel — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Albanian: çajnik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Albanian: ibrik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Arabic: غَلَّايَة (ḡallāya) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܦܬܵܦܵܐ (aptāpā) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ (čāydān) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Armenian: թեյաման (tʻeyaman) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Azerbaijani: çaydan — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Azerbaijani: çaynik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Bashkir: сәйнүк (səynük) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Belarusian: ча́йнік (čájnik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Belarusian: гарба́тнік (harbátnik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Bengali: কেটলি (keṭli) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Bulgarian: ча́йник (čájnik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Burmese: ရေနွေးအိုး (re-nwe:ui:) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Catalan: bullidor — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Catalan: tetera — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 水壺 /水壶 — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水壺 /水壶 (shuǐhú) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壺 /壶 (hú) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Crimean Tatar: çaynik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Czech: konvice — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Danish: vandkoger — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Dutch: waterkoker — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Estonian: teekann — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Faroese: ketil — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Finnish: teepannu — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Finnish: vesipannu — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • French: bouilloire — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • French: bouilloire à thé — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Old Frisian: sthitil — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • West-Frisian: tsjettel — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Georgian: ჩაიდანი (čaidani) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • German: Kessel — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • German: Teekessel — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Greek: βραστήρας (vrastíras) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Hausa: sàhānī̀ — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Hebrew: קוּמְקוּם (kumkum) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Hindi: केतली (ketlī) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Hungarian: teáskanna — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Icelandic: ketill — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Italian: teiera — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Italian: bollitore — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Japanese: 薬缶 (yakan) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Japanese: 湯わかし (yuwakashi) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Kazakh: шәйнек (şäinek) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Khmer: កំសៀវ (kɑmsiəw) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Khmer: ប៉ាន់តែ (pan tae) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Korean: 주전자 (jujeonja) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Central Kurdish: چاپەز (çapez) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Kyrgyz: чайнек (caynek) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Lao: ກາຕົ້ມນ້ໍາ (kā tom nam) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Lao: ຫມໍ້ກາ (mǭ kā) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Latvian: tējkanna — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Lithuanian: arbatinukas — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Macedonian: ча́јник (čájnik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Macedonian: ко́тле (kótle) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Mongolian: данх (danx) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Navajo: tó bee nániildohí — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannkoker — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Dari: چَایجوش (čāy-jōš) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Iranian Persian: کِتْری (ketri) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Polish: czajnik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Polish: imbryk — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Polish: sagan — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Portuguese: chaleira — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Romanian: ceainic — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Romanian: ibric — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Russian: ча́йник (čájnik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Scottish Gaelic: coire — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̑јнӣк — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȃjnīk — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Slovak: čajník — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Slovak: čajová kanvica — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Slovene: čajnik — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Sotho: ketlele — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Spanish: tetera — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Swedish: vattenkokare — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Tagalog: takuri — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Tajik: чойник (čoynik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Tatar: чәйнек (çäynek) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Thai: กาน้ํา (gaa-náam) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Thai: กา (gaa) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Thai: กาต้มน้ํา — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Turkish: çaydanlık — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Turkmen: çäýnek — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Ukrainian: ча́йник (čájnyk) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Urdu: کیتْلی (ketlī) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Uyghur: چەينەك (cheynek) — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Uzbek: choydish — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Uzbek: qumg'on — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Uzbek: choynak — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Vietnamese: ấm đun nước — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Volapük: tiedaskal — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Welsh: tegell — a vessel for boiling water for tea
  • Yiddish: טשײַניק (tshaynik) — a vessel for boiling water for tea