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kitch·en

(kĭch′ən)

1. A room or an area equipped for preparing and cooking food.

2. A style of cooking; cuisine: a restaurant with a fine French kitchen.

3. A staff that prepares, cooks, and serves food.

[Middle English kichene, from Old English cycene, probably from Vulgar Latin *cocīna, from Late Latin coquīna, from feminine of Latin coquīnus, of cooking, from coquus, cook, from coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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kitchen

(ˈkɪtʃɪn)

a. a room or part of a building equipped for preparing and cooking food

b. (as modifier): a kitchen table.

[Old English cycene, ultimately from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook; see kiln]

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kitch•en

(ˈkɪtʃ ən)

n.

1. a room or place equipped for cooking or preparing food.

2. culinary department.

3. the staff or equipment of a kitchen.

adj.

4. of or resembling a pidgin language, esp. as used for communication between employers and employees who do not speak the same language.

[before 1000; Middle English kichene, Old English cycene « Latin coquīna, derivative of coqu(ere) to cook compare cuisine]

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Noun

kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals

dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley, galley - the area for food preparation on a ship

galley - the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

kitchenette - small kitchen

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

kitchen

noun cookhouse, galley, kitchenette, scullery eating a snack in the kitchen

Kitchen equipment

Aga (trademark), bain-marie, baking tray, barbecue or (Austral. slang) barbie, batterie de cuisine, blender, bottle opener, bread knife, cafetiere, cake tin, carving knife, casserole, chip pan, chopping board, chopsticks, coffee grinder, coffeepot, colander, cooker, cooling rack, corkscrew, deep fat fryer, dessertspoon, double saucepan or (U.S. & Canad.) double boiler, egg beater or egg whisk, fan-assisted oven, fish slice, flan tin, food processor, fork, frying pan, grater, gravy boat or sauce boat, griddle or (Scot.) girdle, grill, ice-cream maker, icing bag, jelly bag, juicer or juice extractor, kettle, knife, masher, mould, ladle, lemon squeezer, liquidizer, loaf tin, mandoline, measuring jug, mezzaluna, microwave or microwave oven, mixing bowl, mortar and pestle, nutcracker, olla, oven, pastry cutter, peeler, pepper mill, percolator, poacher, pot, pot-au-feu, ramekin, ricer (U.S. & Canad.), rolling pin, rotisserie, saucepan, scales, sieve, skillet, spatula, spoon, spurtle, steamer, strainer, tablespoon, tagine, tandoor, teapot, teaspoon, tenderizer, timbale, tin-opener, toaster, toasting fork, whisk, wok, wooden spoon

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Translations

مطبخمَطْبَخمَطْبَخٌ

кухня

kuchyně

køkkenkøkken-

Küche

κουζίνα μαγειρείο

kuirejo

cocina

آشپزخانه

keittiö

cuisine

מטבח

kuhinja

konyha

dapur

eldhús

cucina

台所

주방

coquina

virtuvėlė

virtuve

kuchynský

kuhinja

kök

jiko

ครัว

mutfak

bếp

厨房廚房

kitchen

[ˈkɪtʃɪn]

A. N → cocina f

B. CPD [cupboard, knife, equipment] → de cocina; [window] → de la cocina
kitchen cabinet N → armario m de cocina (Pol) → grupo m de asesores personales CABINET kitchen foil N → papel m de aluminio
kitchen garden N → huerto m
kitchen maid N → ayudanta f de cocina
kitchen paper N → toallitas fpl de papel
kitchen range N → cocina f económica
kitchen roll N = kitchen paper kitchen salt N → sal f de cocina
kitchen sink N → fregadero m, pila f
they took everything but the kitchen sink → se llevaron la casa a cuestas
kitchen sink drama N → obra f ultrarrealista
kitchen unit N → módulo m de cocina

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kitchen

[ˈkɪtʃɪn]

n → cuisine f
a fitted kitchen → une cuisine aménagée

modif [knife, table] → de cuisinekitchen cabinet n

(fig) (POLITICS) (British) → proches conseillers mpl du Premier ministre (US) → proches conseillers mpl du Président

(= cupboard) → armoire f de cuisine

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kitchen

n → Küche f

kitchen

kitchen foil

n → Alufolie f

kitchen garden

n → Gemüsegarten m, → Küchengarten m

kitchen knife

n → Küchenmesser nt

kitchenmaid

n → Küchenmagd f

kitchen range

n → Küchenherd m

kitchen roll

n → Küchenrolle f

kitchen scales

pl → Küchenwaage f, → Haushaltswaage f

kitchen scissors

pl → Küchenschere f, → Haushaltsschere f

kitchen sink

n → Spüle f, → Ausguss m, → Spülstein m; I’ve packed everything but the kitchen (inf) → ich habe den ganzen Hausrat eingepackt

kitchen-sink drama

n → Alltagsdrama nt, → Wohnküchendrama nt

kitchen timer

n → Kurzzeitwecker m

kitchen unit

n → Küchenschrank m

kitchenware

n → Küchengeräte pl

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kitchen

[ˈkɪtʃɪn]

1. n → cucina

2. adj (cupboard, equipment) → da cucina

kitchen

(ˈkitʃin) noun

a room where food is cooked. A smell of burning was coming from the kitchen; (also adjective) a kitchen table.

ˌkitcheˈnette (-ˈnet) noun

a small kitchen.

kitchen

→ مَطْبَخٌ kuchyně køkken Küche κουζίνα cocina keittiö cuisine kuhinja cucina 台所 주방 keuken kjøkken kuchnia cozinha кухня kök ครัว mutfak bếp 厨房

kitchen

n. cocina.

Lodgings with kitchen facilities (US)
Self-catering (UK) → التَمْوِين → Samostravování → På egen kost → Selbstversorgung → Alojamiento por cuenta propia → Self-catering → Locations → Apartmani → Self-catering → 自炊設備付き → 자취 → Logies → Selvhusholdning → Acomodação de self-catering → Självhushåll → Kendin pişir, kendin ye → Nơi ở tự phục vụ → 自炊

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She cooked, and all ate, in the kitchen, where she likewise washed, starched, and ironed clothes on all days of the week except Sunday; for her income came largely from taking in washing from her more prosperous neighbors.

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Slurk, 'by the kitchen fire.' So, gathering up his hat and newspaper, he stalked solemnly behind the landlord to that humble apartment, and throwing himself on a settle by the fireside, resumed his countenance of scorn, and began to read and drink in silent dignity.

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A door of communication leading into the kitchen of the cottage had been torn from its hinges, and used to carry the men wounded in the skirmish from the field.

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I reached the Grange before sunset, and knocked for admittance; but the family had retreated into the back premises, I judged, by one thin, blue wreath, curling from the kitchen chimney, and they did not hear.

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He told Jotham to go out and harness up the greys, and for a moment he and Mattie had the kitchen to themselves.

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I--I'm afraid you'll have ter have bread and milk in the kitchen with me.

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In his lay capacity, he persisted in sitting down in the damp to such an insane extent, that when his coat was taken off to be dried at the kitchen fire, the circumstantial evidence on his trousers would have hanged him if it had been a capital offence.