saucer

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
2. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
3. A circular sled without runners.
4. (obsolete) A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
5. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
6. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

Verb

1. (transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
2. (intransitive) Of the eyes: to become large and round.

Conceptes

platet

disc

plat de taça

Sinònims

plate

dish

disc

discus

small plate

small bowl

dish antenna

disk

dish aerial

cup

ice hockey

🏒

clay pigeon

cymbal

flying saucer

🛸

bowl

puck

soup plate

tray

wheel

🛞

small dish

Traduccions

soucoupe

Untertasse

piattino

platillo

pires

schotel

schoteltje

sottocoppa

πιατάκι

Untersatz

bordje

sous-tasse

Näpfchen

disco

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɔː.sə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: saucer

Cognat amb francès: saucier

In summary

From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).