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tureen

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /təˈɹiːn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʊˈɹiːn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəˈɹiːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /təˈɹin/
  • General-American: /t(j)uˈɹin/
  • rhymes with -iːn

1

noun

Meaning 1

A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: serving dish

History

Etymology

From earlier terrene (thus pronunciations with /tj/, /t͡ʃ/ are spelling pronunciations), borrowed from French terrine. Doublet of terrine.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sopkom — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Bulgarian: су́пник (súpnik) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯罐 /汤罐 (tāngguàn) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Czech: polévková mísa — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Dutch: terrine — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Finnish: liemimalja — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Finnish: liemikulho — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Finnish: terriini — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Finnish: keittoastia — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • French: soupière — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • German: Terrine — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Greek: σουπιέρα (soupiéra) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Icelandic: súpuskál — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Ido: supuyo — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Japanese: 深皿 (fukazara) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Manx: saagh awree — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Polish: waza — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Russian: су́пник (súpnik) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Russian: су́пница (súpnica) — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Spanish: sopera — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Swedish: terrin — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • Swedish: soppskål — broad deep serving dish for soup or stew