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Definition: Tureen |
TureenNoun1. Large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tureen" was first used: 1706. (references) |
Etymology: Tureen \Tu*reen"\, noun. [French expression terrine, from Latin expression terra earth. See Terrace.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tureen |
| English words defined with "tureen": Tureenful. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tureen": terrine. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Tureen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tureen" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 39 | 55,036 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "tureen": soup tureen. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tureen": tureen-sized. | |
Ending with "tureen": soup-tureen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
soup tureen | 27 |
tureen | 24 |
antique soup tureen | 3 |
antique porcelain soup tureen | 2 |
jar tureen | 2 |
still life with tureen | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tureen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | supierë, enë supe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السلطانية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | супник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mísa (basin, basinful, bowl, dish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قدح سوپ خوری , ظرف سوپ خوری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liemimalja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | soupière (soup tureen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Terrine, Schüssel (basin, basinful, bowl, course, dish, plate, platter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σουπιέρα (soup bowl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרקית (soup bowl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | levesestál. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | cambung (large bowl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zuppiera (soup-tureen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tooreen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ureentay terrina (dish). (various references) supierã, strachinã (basin, bowl, dish, porringer), castron (bowl), blid (dish). (various references) миска (basin, pipkin). (various references) činija (bowl, dish). (various references) sopera (soup dish). (various references) terrin (terrine). (various references) çorba kâsesi (porringer, soup bowl). (various references) супниця. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | terrenus. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | terrine. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tureen": tureens. (additional references) | |
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"Tureen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Euryn, Ituraea, Lurleen, sureen, taren, taryn, teren, thren, thurian, tiren, Toren, torsen, torvean, tourain, toureen, touren, toxeen, Treen, Treena, trevean, Trexeno, Troezen, Truden, tu-ee, turan, turben, ture, turee, tureet, turen, turened, turine, turkeee, turnen, turran, turren, tusen, Tuten, Vuren. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: neuter, retune, tenure. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: enter, enure, rente, terne, treen, tuner. | |
-2 letters: erne, rent, rete, rune, runt, teen, tern, tree, true, tune, turn. | |
-3 letters: ere, ern, nee, net, nut, ree, ret, rue, run, rut, tee, ten, tun, urn. | |
-4 letters: en, er, et, ne, nu, re, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: denture, neuters, retinue, retuned, retunes, reunite, tenured, tenures, tureens, uterine, venture. | |
+2 letters: brunette, ceinture, denature, dentures, deuteron, enuretic, erumpent, esurient, fourteen, frequent, geniture, hereunto, junketer, muenster, mutineer, neutered, numerate, outpreen, preunite, refluent, relucent, renature, retinued, retinues, returned, returnee, returner, reunited, reuniter, reunites, routemen, sauterne, sederunt, trueness, tunneler, uncreate, underate, undereat, underlet, underset, unexpert, unfetter, unrented, unrested, untether, urethane, ventured, venturer, ventures. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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