gresol

Meaning

1. (masculine) oil lamp
2. (masculine) reservoir (of an oil lamp)
3. (masculine) crucible
4. (masculine) hearth (lowest part of a blast furnace)
5. (figuratively, masculine) melting pot

Concepts

crucible

melting pot

oil lamp

Translations

crisol

creuset

Schmelztiegel

crogiolo

χωνευτήρι

crisol

lampião

cadinho

candeeiro

Forno cadinho

candil

Feuerprobe

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɡɾəˈzɔl]

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: crogiolo

Cognate with Old French: croisuel

In summary

From a Vulgar Latin form reconstructed as *crosiolus or *cruceolus, from Classical Latin crucibulus. Compare Italian crogiolo, Old French croisuel.