spoon
Bedeutung (Englisch)
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- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
- (slang) An oar.
- A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- (informal) A spoon excavator.
- (slang) A simpleton, a spoony.
- A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
Konzepte
Löffle
Löffelchen schlafen
Synonyme
wooden ladle
spoon-bait
grab bucket
small spoon
brass ladle
fishing lure
hit ball up
spoon bait
spoon slicker
lift van
drop bucket
swinging hopper
hoist bucket
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/spuːn/
Etymologie (Englisch)
From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”). Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), West Frisian spoen, Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Swedish spån (“chip, flake”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”)(though the connection to the Greek is likely impossible by modern reconstructions of PIE). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer, coclear (“spoon”), from Old English cuculer, cuceler, cucler, borrowed from Latin cochlear (“spoon”). The "metaphoric unit of personal energy" sense was coined by writer and disability advocate Christine Miserandino in 2003 (see spoon theory).
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