casserole

Meaning

1. saucepan (utensil)
2. saucepan (contents of a saucepan)
3. stewpot, cooking pot

Concepts

pot

saucepan

casserole

pan

cooking-pot

stewpan

cooking vessel

cooking pot

small pot

vessel

stewing pan

deep

metal

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.sʁɔl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French casserolle. By surface analysis, casse (“container, recipient”) + -erole (diminutive suffix), a form of -ole lengthened with -er-. The first part is derived from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”) influenced by Provençal caça. Similar, related formations include cassole (without the -er-) and casseron (using the diminutive suffix -eron, from -on).