teakettle

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈtiˌkɛtl/ UK /ˈtiːˌkɛtl/ See IPA manual

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noun
a kettle with a spout, used for boiling water for tea

The teakettle whistled shrilly on the stove.

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1 noun · a kettle with a spout, used... kettle

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Related forms tea kettle teapot

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').

tê Chinese catillus Latin

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# 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

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