cauldron

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The   word  " kettle originates   from   Old Norse  "ketill" " cauldron ".

Слово «чайник» происходит от старого норвежского «кетилла» «Котел».

Значение (Английский)

  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
  2. A strategic encirclement.
  3. (figuratively) An unsettled difficult situation or place.

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Произносится как (IPA)
/ˈkɔːl.dɹən/
Этимология (Английский)

In summary

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera. The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

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