pollepel

Meaning

1. (Netherlands, masculine) wooden spoon, a rather shallow spoon used to stir food while cooking
2. (Belgium, masculine) ladle, a large deep spoon used to serve soup and other food

Concepts

ladle

spoon

🥄

dipper

wooden spoon

large spoon

serving spoon

Synonyms

houten lepel

opscheplepel

juslepel

Translations

cucharón

mestolo

Schöpflöffel

louche

Schöpfkelle

Kelle

cullerot

κουτάλα

cuiller à pot

cuillère à pot

poche

Suppenkelle

cuillère en bois

κουβάς

Etymology

First attested in 1348. Etymology unclear. Commonly suggested to be derived from potlepel (pot (“pot”) + lepel (“spoon”)), but this form of the word is not attested, and assimilation from -tl- to -ll- is uncommon. When viewed as pol + lepel, pol may refer to a round, hollow object.
The word probably used to refer to a large wooden spoon with a round bowl. In the Netherlands, the meaning of "wooden spoon" was kept, while in Belgium, the meaning of "spoon with a round bowl" was kept.