Standard Lemma guide

teapot

name · noun · 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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  • tē′pŏt
  • Received-Pronunciation, contemporary: /ˈtiː.pɒt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.pɔːt/ conservative
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈti.pɔt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈti.pɑt/
  • Canada, standard: /ˈti.pɒt/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈti.pɑt/
  • Australian: /ˈtiː.pɔt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈtiː.pɒt/
  • Scotland: /ˈti.pɔt/
  • rhymes with -iːpɒt
  • homophone: TPOT
  • CMU ARPABET: T IY1 P AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pot

History

Etymology

Endocentric compound of tea + pot.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çajnik — vessel for tea
  • Arabic: إِبْرِيق شَاي (ʔibrīq šāy) — vessel for tea
  • Arabic: إِبْرِيق الشَّاي (ʔibrīq aš-šāy) — vessel for tea
  • Arabic: براد (barrād) — vessel for tea
  • Arabic: بَرَّاد الشَّاي (barrād aš-šāy) — vessel for tea
  • Arabic: براد (brād) — vessel for tea
  • Armenian: թեյնիկ (tʻeynik) — vessel for tea
  • Armenian: թեյաման (tʻeyaman) — vessel for tea
  • Azerbaijani: çaydan — vessel for tea
  • Azerbaijani: çaynik — vessel for tea
  • Bashkir: сәйнүк (səynük) — vessel for tea
  • Belarusian: ча́йнік (čájnik) — vessel for tea
  • Belarusian: гарба́тнік (harbátnik) — vessel for tea
  • Belarusian: імбры́чак (imbrýčak) — vessel for tea
  • Belarusian: і́мбрык (ímbryk) — vessel for tea
  • Bulgarian: ча́йник (čájnik) — vessel for tea
  • Catalan: tetera — vessel for tea
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹ ᎠᎪᏙᏗ (ama agododi) — vessel for tea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 茶壺 /茶壶 — vessel for tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶壺 /茶壶 (cháhú) — vessel for tea
  • Crimean Tatar: çaynik — vessel for tea
  • Czech: čajová konvice — vessel for tea
  • Czech: čajník — vessel for tea
  • Danish: tepotte — vessel for tea
  • Danish: tekande — vessel for tea
  • Dutch: theepot — vessel for tea
  • Esperanto: teujo — vessel for tea
  • Estonian: teekann — vessel for tea
  • Finnish: teekannu — vessel for tea
  • Finnish: teepannu — vessel for tea
  • French: théière — vessel for tea
  • Georgian: ჩაიდანი (čaidani) — vessel for tea
  • German: Teekanne — vessel for tea
  • Greek: τσαγιέρα (tsagiéra) — vessel for tea
  • Hebrew: תֵּיוֹן (teyón) — vessel for tea
  • Hindi: चायदानी (cāydānī) — vessel for tea
  • Hindi: चायदान (cāydān) — vessel for tea
  • Hungarian: teáskanna — vessel for tea
  • Hunsrik: Teekann — vessel for tea
  • Ido: te-krucho — vessel for tea
  • Indonesian: poci — vessel for tea
  • Indonesian: poci teh — vessel for tea
  • Indonesian: teko — vessel for tea
  • Interlingua: theiera — vessel for tea
  • Irish: taephota — vessel for tea
  • Irish: corcán tae — vessel for tea
  • Italian: teiera — vessel for tea
  • Japanese: ティーポット (tīpotto) — vessel for tea
  • Japanese: 急須 (kyūsu) — vessel for tea
  • Kazakh: шәйнек (şäinek) — vessel for tea
  • Khmer: ប៉ាន់តែ (pan tae) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 찻주전자 (chatjujeonja) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 티포트 (tipoteu) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 티파트 (tipateu) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 티팟 (tipat) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 차주전자 (chajujeonja) — vessel for tea
  • Korean: 다관 (dagwan) — vessel for tea
  • Central Kurdish: چاپەز (çapez) — vessel for tea
  • Northern Kurdish: çaydank — vessel for tea
  • Northern Kurdish: qûre — vessel for tea
  • Kyrgyz: чайнек (caynek) — vessel for tea
  • Ladino: chaylik — vessel for tea
  • Ladino: chaydanlik — vessel for tea
  • Lao: ເຕົ້ານ້ໍາຊາ (tao nam sā) — vessel for tea
  • Lao: ປານ (pān) — vessel for tea
  • Lao: ກາ (kā) — vessel for tea
  • Lao: ຫມໍ້ນ້ໍາ (mǭ nam) — vessel for tea
  • Latvian: tējkanna — vessel for tea
  • Lithuanian: arbatinukas — vessel for tea
  • Macedonian: чајник (čajnik) — vessel for tea
  • Malay: teko — vessel for tea
  • Māori: tīpāta — vessel for tea
  • Mi'kmaq: p'teweio'q — vessel for tea
  • Mongolian: цайны гүц (cajny güc) — vessel for tea
  • Mongolian: аяга (ajaga) — vessel for tea
  • Navajo: tó bee nániildohí — vessel for tea
  • Norman: pot à thée — vessel for tea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tekanne — vessel for tea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tekanne — vessel for tea
  • Pannonian Rusyn: чайнїк (čajnjik) — vessel for tea
  • Pashto: چاينکه (čāynáka) — vessel for tea
  • Pashto: چايبر (čāybár) — vessel for tea
  • Pashto: چی دمۍ (cax̌kúray) — vessel for tea
  • Dari: چَایْنَک (čāynak) — vessel for tea
  • Dari: چَایبَر (čāy-bar) — vessel for tea
  • Iranian Persian: قوری (ġuri) — vessel for tea
  • Iranian Persian: غوری (ġuri) — vessel for tea
  • Piedmontese: tejera — vessel for tea
  • Polish: czajnik — vessel for tea
  • Polish: imbryk — vessel for tea
  • Portuguese: bule — vessel for tea
  • Portuguese: chaleira — vessel for tea
  • Quechua: yaku t'impuchina — vessel for tea
  • Romanian: ceainic — vessel for tea
  • Russian: зава́рочный ча́йник (zaváročnyj čájnik) — vessel for tea
  • Russian: заварно́й ча́йник (zavarnój čájnik) — vessel for tea
  • Russian: ча́йник (čájnik) — vessel for tea
  • Russian: зава́рник (zavárnik) — vessel for tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̑јнӣк — vessel for tea
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȃjnīk — vessel for tea
  • Sikkimese: ཇ་འབིམ (ja 'bim) — vessel for tea
  • Slovak: čajník — vessel for tea
  • Slovak: kanvica na čaj — vessel for tea
  • Slovene: čajnik — vessel for tea
  • Spanish: tetera — vessel for tea
  • Sundanese: ᮒᮦᮊᮧ (téko) — vessel for tea
  • Swedish: tekanna — vessel for tea
  • Tagalog: tsarera — vessel for tea
  • Tajik: чойник (čoynik) — vessel for tea
  • Tajik: чойнак (čoynak) — vessel for tea
  • Tatar: чәйнек (çäynek) — vessel for tea
  • Tatar: чәйнүк (çäynük) — vessel for tea
  • Thai: กาน้ําชา — vessel for tea
  • Thai: ปั้น (bpân) — vessel for tea
  • Thai: ป้าน (bpâan) — vessel for tea
  • Thai: กา (gaa) — vessel for tea
  • Tibetan: ཁོག་ལྟིར (khog ltir) — vessel for tea
  • Turkish: çaydanlık — vessel for tea
  • Turkmen: çäýnek — vessel for tea
  • Ukrainian: ча́йник (čájnyk) — vessel for tea
  • Urdu: چائے دانی (cāe dānī) — vessel for tea
  • Uyghur: چەينەك (cheynek) — vessel for tea
  • Uzbek: choynak — vessel for tea
  • Vietnamese: ấm trà — vessel for tea
  • Vietnamese: ấm pha trà — vessel for tea
  • Volapük: tiedaskal — vessel for tea
  • Yiddish: טשײַניק (tshaynik) — vessel for tea