teakettle C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈtiˌkɛtl/ UK /ˈtiːˌkɛtl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a kettle with a spout, used for boiling water for tea The teakettle whistled shrilly on the stove. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a kettle with a spout, used... kettle Word family Related forms teakettleteapot Etymology AI details A compound of tea + kettle. Tea is from Min Chinese tê via Dutch; kettle is from Old English cetel, a borrowing from Latin catillus ('small bowl'). tê Chinese catillus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # teakettle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtiˌkɛtl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtiːˌkɛtl/ ## Meanings 1. a kettle with a spout, used for boiling water for tea ## Examples - The teakettle whistled shrilly on the stove. ## Synonyms - kettle ## Related Forms - tea - kettle - teapot ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tê - Root: catillus ## Etymology A compound of tea + kettle. Tea is from Min Chinese tê via Dutch; kettle is from Old English cetel, a borrowing from Latin catillus ('small bowl'). ## AI Etymology Teakettle is a compound of tea + kettle. Tea is from Min Chinese tê via Dutch; kettle is from Old English cetel, a borrowing from Latin catillus ('small bowl'). Important recorded forms include tê (Chinese) and catillus (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a kettle with a spout, used for boiling water for tea. The wider family includes related words such as tea, kettle, and teapot. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown